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Watering instructions and irrigation protocols sent over a network

  • US 9,924,644 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2014
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for optimizing an environmental system having a controller connected to a server over a computer network comprising:

  • sending a query from the server over the computer network to a database containing environmental data at a predetermined interval;

    receiving the queried environmental data from the database and storing the environmental data in computer memory of the server;

    determining an amount of environmental change needed to return a zone to a predetermined condition, wherein the amount is based on the environmental data, and storing the data relating to environmental change needed for the given zone in computer memory of the server;

    building a table of changes in environmental data based at least in part on environmental data received from a plurality of queries made at predetermined intervals;

    generating a change protocol within the server;

    conveying said change protocol from the server to the controller, such that the change protocol is written into computer memory of the controller that is in electronic communication with components of the environmental system, wherein the controller uses the change protocol to control the environmental system;

    querying the user for a subjective evaluation of a zone; and

    receiving data comprising subjective information provided by the user in response to the query.

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