Patent ID: 8909210
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile device communicatively coupled to a server, the mobile device comprising: at least one non-volatile memory having stored therein one or both of firmware and software; at least one processor operably coupled to the non-volatile memory, wherein the at least one processor, during operation, at least: manages a profile of a user of the mobile device, the profile of the user comprising information identifying at least one type of crop grown by the user, at least one geographical region in which the user farms, and at least one preferred language of the user; receives, automatic membership to social groups based on the profile of the user comprising the crops grown by the user and the geographical region; provides the user opportunities to explicitly subscribe to social groups; displays a list of the social groups, wherein the list of the social groups comprises the social groups selected for the user based on at least one of the profile of the user and the explicit subscription of the user; receives, from the user, input identifying a social group selected from the list of the social groups and in response retrieves and presents to the user, postings from the server by members of the selected social group; enables the user responses to the presented postings and communicates them to the server; presents a labor contracting screen that enables the user to post, to the selected social group, a wanted posting soliciting labor rates and offers to work as contract labor; wherein the list of the social groups comprises addressing the needs and issues of farmers and agricultural workers, the social groups for contract labor, the social groups for growers of a specific crop type and the social groups for commodity market information.