Devices, systems, and methods for irrigation management
AssigneeSmart Rain Systems, LLC
InventorRudy Lars Larsen
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Abstract
An irrigation manager may connect a plurality of irrigation controllers to a local irrigation network. The irrigation manager may connect the local irrigation network to a cloud-based irrigation network. The irrigation manager may connect one of the plurality of irrigation controllers to third-party device in range of the one of the plurality of irrigation controllers. The irrigation manager may receive third-party irrigation information from the third-party device via the one of the plurality of irrigation controllers. The irrigation manager may adjust an irrigation program based on the third-party irrigation information.
Claims10
A method, comprising:
- connecting a plurality of irrigation controllers to a local irrigation network;
- connecting the local irrigation network to a cloud-based irrigation controller connected to a cloud-based network;
- detecting a third-party network in range of a local controller of the plurality of irrigation controllers, the local controller connected to the local irrigation network;
- based on detecting the third-party network, identifying a third-party device in communication range of the local controller;
- wherein the third-party device is connected to the third-party network;
- connecting the local controller to the third-party device, wherein the third-party device is not in direct communication with the cloud-based network;
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- receiving third-party irrigation information from the third-party device via the local irrigation controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.