abstract data is obtained from medical service providers. the data includes at least one plurality of available medical service appointments and pricing information. an inquiry for a medical service appointment is received from a user. a number of available medical service appointments are selected based on the inquiry and are then presented to the user. prices for the available medical service appointments may be included and may be calculated based on current healthcare benefit plan information for the user. in response to a received purchase indication, one of the presented medical service appointments are purchased for the user. abstract of patent summary patent: "medical services market" data are obtained from medical providers. The data includes at least a plurality of available medical service schedules and pricing information. A request is received from a user regarding the scheduling of a medical service. Several available medical service schedules are selected based on the request and these schedules are then presented to the user. Prices for available health care schedules may be included and may be calculated based on current information from the healthcare plans to the user. In response to receipt of a purchase indication, one of the submitted medical service schedules is purchased for the user.
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