Method of controlling irrigation systems using smart cards
OwnerLarry C. Sarverinventor
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Abstract
A method of providing process control instructions to an irrigation site using a smart card. Instructions for adjusting equipment of an irrigation system are stored on a smart card at a remote location. The smart card is transported to the irrigation site. The stored instructions are read from the smart card and downloaded to a control computer. The computer adjusts the process conditions for the irrigation system based on the downloaded instructions.
Claims15
A method of transmitting process control instructions from a remote site to a site of process control comprising the steps of:
- a) storing process control instructions on a portable memory card at one location;
- b) transporting the memory card to another location;
- c) transferring the process control instructions from the memory card to a memory card reader;
- d) transferring the process control instructions from the memory card reader to a computer;
- e) storing the process control instructions in the computer of step (d);
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- f) operating a process system by the computer of step (d) according to the process control instructions stored in step (e).
A method of transmitting irrigation control instructions from a remote site to an irrigation site comprising the steps of:
- a) storing irrigation control instructions on a smart card at one location;
- b) transporting the smart card to another location;
- c) transferring the irrigation control instructions from the smart card to a smart card reader;
- d) transferring the irrigation control instructions from the smart card reader to a computer;
- e) storing the irrigation control instructions in the computer of step (d);
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- f) operating an irrigation system by the computer of step (d) according to the irrigation control instructions stored in step (e).
A method of monitoring an irrigation site comprising the steps of.
- a) collecting process data from an irrigation system at one location;
- b) storing the process data of step (a) on a smart card;
- c) transporting the smart card to another location;
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- d) transferring the process data stored on the smart card of step (c) to a computer at the other location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.