Intelligent communication method and system for an irrigation/sprinkler system
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1. An irrigation system, comprising:
- a local irrigation controller for connecting to an internet service for determining an amount of water to be distributed individually to each of at least one irrigation device according to a local weather information obtained from the internet service; and
an internet service portal which stores a profile of the local irrigation controller and the at least one irrigation device, the portal determining an irrigation schedule that includes instructions as to a timing of the irrigation and an amount of water to be provided for each of the at least one irrigation device on an individual basis.
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Abstract
An intelligent local irrigation system includes one or more sprinklers and a controller coupled to the one or more sprinklers via a wired or wireless connection and enabled to control the sprinklers thereby. A controller arrangement establishes connectivity with an internet service portal which stores a profile of the local irrigation system and which obtains information from internet-based resources. The internet service portal determines an irrigation schedule based on the profile and on information obtained from the internet-based information resources and provides the irrigation schedule to the controller arrangement for implementation.
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1. An irrigation system, comprising:
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a local irrigation controller for connecting to an internet service for determining an amount of water to be distributed individually to each of at least one irrigation device according to a local weather information obtained from the internet service; and
an internet service portal which stores a profile of the local irrigation controller and the at least one irrigation device, the portal determining an irrigation schedule that includes instructions as to a timing of the irrigation and an amount of water to be provided for each of the at least one irrigation device on an individual basis.
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3. An irrigation system, comprising:
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a local irrigation system including;
at least one sprinkler; and
a controller arrangement coupled to the at least one sprinkler to control the sprinklers, establishing connectivity over a data network; and
an internet service portal coupled to the data network for storing a profile of the local irrigation system and being coupled to at least one internet-based information resource for determining an irrigation schedule based on the profile and on information obtained from the internet-based information resource and for providing the irrigation schedule to the controller arrangement for implementation, wherein the irrigation schedule includes instructions as to a timing of the irrigation and an amount of water to be provided for each of the at least one sprinkler in the local irrigation system on an individual basis. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14)
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15. A method of determining an optimized irrigation schedule at a local irrigation system, the method comprising:
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establishing a connection to an internet server; and
obtaining an irrigation schedule from the internet server, the internet server using information regarding the local irrigation system and local weather information in determining the irrigation schedule, wherein the local irrigation system includes at least one irrigation device and the irrigation schedule is determined individually for each of the at least one irrigation device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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19. A method of determining an irrigation schedule at a local irrigation system, the method comprising:
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establishing a connection to an internet server;
obtaining information regarding local weather conditions from the internet server; and
determining an irrigation schedule for the local irrigation system using the information regarding local weather conditions, wherein the local irrigation system includes at least one irrigation device and the irrigation schedule is determined individually for each of the at least one irrigation device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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