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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- establishing, by a computer system over a computer network, a real-time, text-based communication channel between a computer system used by a service provider and a computer system used by a consumer;
receiving, by the computer system that established the communication channel over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, one or more text units from a real-time, text-based communication between the service provider and the consumer;
analyzing, by the computer system that established the communication channel, the one or more text units for a triggering event related to a health care topic;
detecting the triggering event in the one or more text units; and
providing, by the computer system that established the communication channel over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, information related to the health care topic to the computer system used by the service provider during the real-time, text-based communication.
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Abstract
An engagement is brokered between a consumer and a medical service provider; electronic text of a real-time, text-based communication between the medical service provider and the consumer is monitored during the engagement; the electronic text is analyzed for a triggering event related to at least one of medical diagnosis and medical treatment; the triggering event is detected in the electronic text; and medical information is provided to the medical service provider via a user interface in response to the triggering event.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing, by a computer system over a computer network, a real-time, text-based communication channel between a computer system used by a service provider and a computer system used by a consumer; receiving, by the computer system that established the communication channel over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, one or more text units from a real-time, text-based communication between the service provider and the consumer; analyzing, by the computer system that established the communication channel, the one or more text units for a triggering event related to a health care topic; detecting the triggering event in the one or more text units; and providing, by the computer system that established the communication channel over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, information related to the health care topic to the computer system used by the service provider during the real-time, text-based communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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12. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform one or more operations comprising:
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establishing, over a computer network, a real-time, text-based communication channel between a computer system used by a service provider and a computer system used by a consumer; receiving, over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, one or more text units from a real-time, text-based communication between the service provider and the consumer; analyzing the one or more text units for a triggering event related to a health care topic; detecting the triggering event in the one or more text units; and providing, over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, information related to the health care topic to the computer system used by the medical service provider during the real-time, text-based communication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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13. (canceled)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium comprising instructions for causing the processor to perform one or more operations comprising; establishing, over a computer network, a real-time, text-based communication channel between a computer system used by a service provider and a computer system used by a consumer; receiving, over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, one or more text units from a real-time, text-based communication between the service provider and the consumer; analyzing the one or more text units for a triggering event related to a health care topic; detecting the triggering event in the one or more text units; and providing, over the computer network through the real-time, text-based communication channel, information related to the health care topic to the computer system used by the service provider during the real-time, text-based communication.
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