Connecting Consumers with Service Providers Independent of Consumer Search

One or more machine readable media storing instructions that are executable to by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an indication of a request to access to a webpage that identifies service providers who are available for consultations;
• identifying, by one or more computers, in response to the request one or more available service providers;
• generating, by the one or more computers, a web page that when displayed on a display device, renders:
• visual representations corresponding to the identified service providers;
• and
• selectable portions of the visual representations through which the consumer selects a service provider from the identified service providers;
• and
• receiving data indicating the consumer's selection of the service provider;
• and
• establishing a communication channel between a device used by the selected service provider and the device used by the consumer.

A system comprising:

• one or more processing devices;
• and
• one or more machine readable media storing instructions that are executable to by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an indication of a request to access to a webpage that identifies service providers who are available for consultations;
• identifying, by one or more computers, in response to the request one or more available service providers;
• generating, by the one or more computers, a web page that when displayed on a display device, renders:
• visual representations corresponding to the identified service providers;
• and
• selectable portions of the visual representations through which the consumer selects a service provider from the identified service providers;
• and
• receiving data indicating the consumer's selection of the service provider;
• and
• establishing a communication channel between a device used by the selected service provider and the device used by the consumer.