Patent ID: 7668757

Claim:
A method of finding at least one suitable provider of a service requested by a user, said method comprising: (i) receiving, at a network-connected computer server, a service request submitted by a user; (ii) generating, in said network-connected computer server, an initial list of a plurality of service providers, wherein at least one of said plurality of service providers is open-listed and each open listing is associated with a method of contact selected from the group consisting of telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, web address, instant message, and text message; (iii) producing, in said network-connected computer server, a message, comprising said service request, from data supplied by said user; (iv) providing an automated system capable of contacting said service providers, wherein said system is integrated with said network-connected computer server; (v) contacting at least two of said plurality of service providers and communicating said message provided according to step (iii), wherein, during said contacting, contact information of said user is not communicated to said providers; and (vi) allowing for at least one suitable service provider to contact said user; wherein said user remains anonymous until step (vi).