Referral system
First Claim
1. A referral service system, comprising:
- a user interface receiving, at a service location of a first service provider, information identifying a referred entity, wherein the first service provider is a specialist or general practitioner in a professional field or trade that involves routinely rendering non-referral related services to persons seeking those services, and also, in the course of or adjunct to providing the non-referral related services, routinely evaluating the persons to determine whether the recipients are in need of referrals to one or more second service providers for additional services not provided by the first service provider;
a referral record output module generating a referral record and electronically communicating the referral record to a referee, wherein the referral record includes at least information identifying a referrer, the information identifying the referred entity, and information identifying the referee; and
a referee location indication module generating an indication of a location of the referee at which the referred entity can obtain services provided by the referee, and communicating the indication of the location of the referee to the referred entity.
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Abstract
A referral service system includes a user interface receiving, at a service location of a service provider, information identifying a referred entity. The service provider is a specialist or general practitioner in a professional field or trade that involves routinely rendering non-referral related services to persons seeking those services, and routinely evaluating the persons to determine need for referral to another service provider. A referral record output module generates a referral record and electronically communicates the referral record to a referee, wherein the referral record includes at least information identifying a referrer, the information identifying the referred entity, and information identifying the referee. A referee location indication module generates an indication of a location of the referee at which the referred entity can obtain services provided by the referee, and communicates the indication of the location of the referee to the referred entity.
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1. A referral service system, comprising:
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a user interface receiving, at a service location of a first service provider, information identifying a referred entity, wherein the first service provider is a specialist or general practitioner in a professional field or trade that involves routinely rendering non-referral related services to persons seeking those services, and also, in the course of or adjunct to providing the non-referral related services, routinely evaluating the persons to determine whether the recipients are in need of referrals to one or more second service providers for additional services not provided by the first service provider; a referral record output module generating a referral record and electronically communicating the referral record to a referee, wherein the referral record includes at least information identifying a referrer, the information identifying the referred entity, and information identifying the referee; and a referee location indication module generating an indication of a location of the referee at which the referred entity can obtain services provided by the referee, and communicating the indication of the location of the referee to the referred entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing referral services, comprising:
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entering an agreement with a referee to provide one or more copies of referral system software in exchange for at least one fee, wherein the referral system software is operable to; (a) receive, at a service location of a first service provider, information identifying a referred entity, wherein the first service provider is a specialist or general practitioner in a professional field or trade that involves routinely rendering non-referral related services to persons seeking those services, and also, in the course of or adjunct to providing the non-referral related services, routinely evaluating the persons to determine whether the recipients are in need of referrals to one or more second service providers for additional services not provided by the first service provider; (b) generate a referral record and electronically communicate the referral record to the referee, wherein the referral record includes at least information identifying a referrer, the information identifying the referred entity, and information identifying the referee; and (c) generate an indication of a location of the referee at which the referred entity can obtain services provided by the referee, and communicate the indication of the location of the referee to the referred entity; and providing one or more copies of the referral system software to the referee for distribution by the referee to referrers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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