Reverse Provider Practice

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

• receiving a request sent from a computing device used by a consumer, the request being to find a service provider;
• determining whether the consumer that sent the request is associated with a sponsor;
• when associated with a sponsor,
• retrieving a listing of types of services offered by the sponsor;
• sending, to the computing device, a list of one or more qualified service providers that are qualified to provide a type of service selected from the listing;
• receiving a selection of a service provider from the list;
• and
• establishing a communication channel between the computing device used by the consumer and a computing device used by the selected service provider.

An electronic system comprising:

• one or more processing devices;
• an
• one or more machine-readable media configured to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request sent from a computing device used by a consumer, the request being to find a service provider;
• determining whether the consumer that sent the request is associated with a sponsor;
• when associated with a sponsor,
• retrieving a listing of types of services offered by the sponsor;
• sending, to the computing device, a list of one or more qualified service providers that are qualified to provide a type of service selected from the listing;
• receiving a selection of a service provider from the list;
• and
• establishing a communication channel between the computing device used by the consumer and a computing device used by the selected service provider.