System to match special needs service providers with recipients

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing software instructions to operate a system to match a user to a service provider over a communications network, the system comprising:

• at least one computer terminal associated with the user for allowing the user access to the communications network;
• a network server coupled to the communications network, the server comprising a computer program having:
• a service provider database, wherein the service provider database comprises information related to a plurality of service providers, services offered, diagnoses or conditions serviced, ages, pricing, locations, hours of each provider;
• a user registration database to store user registration data, wherein the user registration data includes one or more of a diagnosis or a condition corresponding to a special need of the user or one or more persons associated with the user registration;
• the software instructions including a first software portion that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• receiving a user query, wherein the combination of the user query and the user registration data in the user registrations database has one or more of a diagnostic code, an education plan code, and wherein the diagnostic code or education plan code is used as an input to a matching module, and wherein a portion of the query data is a diagnosis or condition that is independent of and unrelated to the service provided by the service provider;
• automatically determining, via the matching module, an output including one or more matching service providers;
• the software instructions including a second software portion that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• permitting the user to select a service provider from among the one or more matching service providers from a graphical user interface;
• and
• scheduling a service session for the user with the selected service provider via the graphical user interface.

A computer implemented method to match a user to a service provider over a communication network, the method comprising:

• obtaining user registration data, wherein the user registration data includes one or more of a diagnosis or a condition corresponding to a special need of the user or one or more persons associated with the user registration;
• obtaining service provider registration data, wherein the service provider registration data includes information related to a plurality of services offered, diagnoses or conditions serviced, ages serviced, pricing, locations, hours of each provider;
• receiving a query, wherein the combination of the user query and the user registration data has one or more of a diagnostic code, an education plan code, and wherein the diagnostic code or education plan code is used as an input to a matching module, and wherein a portion of the query data is a diagnosis or condition that is independent of and unrelated to the service provided by the service provider;
• automatically determine, via the matching module, an output including one or more matching service providers;
• matching a combination of query data and user registration data with the service provider data;
• outputting a result of the matching, wherein the result includes one or more records that match within a given threshold, and wherein a portion of the query data is a diagnosis or condition that is unrelated to the service provided by the service provider.