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WEB-BASED IRRIGATION CONTROLLER

  • US 20140222223A1
  • Filed: 12/16/2013
  • Published: 08/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An irrigation control system, comprising:

  • an irrigation controller to control an irrigation system, where the irrigation controller is configured to communicate directly to a local bi-directional communication network such as a hub, switch or router, without the use of an access point.an application server which contains information that can be read by the user, using any type of and any number of web-enabled appliances without the use of an access point;

    an application server that collects weather, geographic, geologic, agronomy, plant growth data via data-mining from multiple publically accessible servers. If a given server or servers are not accessible at a given moment, the application server merely accesses from a plethora of others.an application server that stores and maintains weather, geographic, geologic, agronomy, plant growth data.wherein the irrigation controller is configured with a baseline schedule for controlling the irrigation system. The baseline schedule is computed by direct user control of timings or by application server suggested timings. The baseline schedule can further automatically adjust as the weather seasons progress in his geographic area.wherein the irrigation controller maintains historical information as to water usage, or power usage and can forward that information up to the application server.wherein no personal computer or other web-based appliance need to have any configuration to obtain or return information to the application server via the bi-directional communications network without the use of an access point.wherein the application server is configured to retain a user'"'"'s baseline schedule and obtain a user'"'"'s historical water usage or power usage from the irrigation controller via the bi-directional communications network without the use of an access point.wherein the application server modifies the baseline schedule, using the weather information and then directly provides modifications to the baseline schedule. These modifications occur with or without user-direct manipulation. Water duration times can be increased or decreased or alternatively, watering days can be skipped or advanced.wherein the application server can load the baseline schedule with local seasonal adjustment to slowly change water timings or days as the seasons progress. In this manner, the irrigation controller can daily adjust for seasonal progressions without need of interaction with the application server.wherein the application server can also modify the baseline schedule based on specified types of plants or grasses, input from local master gardeners in communication, historical geographic-specific weather information, user drainage and terrain selections.wherein any number of and any type of web-enabled appliances can control the irrigation controller through the application server from any reasonable web connection (ie not through certain proxy servers).wherein the irrigation controller has any number of separately-controlled channels to provide the user'"'"'s irrigation needs.Wherein the irrigation controller can get sensor data from the irrigation site and revise the baseline schedule with or without sending the information to the application server.

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