A device for processing a search request includes a request receiver for receiving a search request from a first user and a categorizer for associating the search request with a category from a plurality of various categories. The device further includes a communication partner determiner for finding a second user that has made a search request associated with the same category and an information supplier for supplying information to the first user that the second user having made a search request of the same category exists, and information to the second user that the first user having made a search request of the same category exists. The above concept may also be implemented as a method and a computer program. The described concept allows users making search requests of the same category to enter into direct electronic communication. Thus, a particularly efficient knowledge exchange between various users of the inventive device is guaranteed.