Ride-share request matching system and method

"REQUEST CORRESPONDENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD" A real-time request matching system for and free-form request matching method for users, as requesters, for providers who respond to requests, each of the requesters having at least one communicator to make requests and address responses to them, and each of the providers having at least one communicator to address the requests and their responses to them, the method comprising the steps of: receiving requests from applicants; for each request, provide that the request is relayed to the selected providers as addressed by them; receive responses from selected providers, responses.received being made by the respective providers based on their requests; and one or both of them, for each request, provide information regarding the respective requestor to any providers that provide a positive response to the respective request, with a positive response indicating that a provider is capable of handling a request, and information regarding the responses of the selected providers to the respective request for the respective requester.