Patent ID: 8639532

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprises: accessing a data repository that stores availability information of medical service providers for participating in a consultation; determining, by one or more computers, which of the medical service providers are available; identifying, by the one or more computers, an available medical service provider with whom a consumer should consult; activating a real-time communication channel for an on-line, real-time consultation, with the real-time communication channel being between a device associated with the consumer and a device associated with the identified medical service provider; receiving, by the one or more computers, medical data collected during the on-line, real-time consultation between the medical service provider and the consumer; generating, at least partly based on the collected medical data, summarized medical data related to the consumer's consultation with the medical service provider; receiving by the one or more computers information that specifies one or more recipients of the summarized medical data; and transferring, by the one more computers over a network, the summarized medical data to at least one device associated with the one or more recipients.