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US 2015/0319941 A1Published application
System and method for an improved sprinkler control system
AssigneeRachio, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Klein, Franz Garsombke, Matt Reisman
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments can provide a system and method for controlling irrigation schedules for a sprinkler system including automatically updating irrigation schedules based on qualitative and quantitative feedback and meteorological data as well as matching optimal or near-optimal irrigation schedules to other sprinkler zones based on characteristics of the landscape and sprinkler system as well as other characteristics.
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A method for programming a sprinkler controller, comprising:
- receiving at least one characteristic record value for a first sprinkler zone associated with a first sprinkler controller and a first irrigation schedule, the first irrigation schedule associated with the first sprinkler zone;
- receiving a computer-readable file including instructions for programming an irrigation schedule for the first sprinkler zone;
- receiving at least one characteristic record value for a second sprinkler zone associated with a second sprinkler controller and a second irrigation schedule, the second sprinkler controller unrelated to the first sprinkler controller and the second irrigation schedule associated with the second sprinkler zone;
- determining that a characteristic record value for the first sprinkler zone matches a characteristic record value for the second sprinkler zone;
- generating a computer-readable file in a memory of computer server, the file including instructions for programming an irrigation schedule for the second sprinkler zone in response to the determining that a characteristic record associated with the first sprinkler zone matches a characteristic record associated with the second sprinkler zone, the second irrigation schedule based at least in part on the first irrigation schedule;
- sending, by a network communication device of the computer server, the second irrigation scheduling data for the second sprinkler zone to the second sprinkler controller.
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A non-transitory, computer readable medium containing instructions comprising
- receiving at least one characteristic record value for a first sprinkler zone associated with a first sprinkler controller and a first irrigation schedule, the first irrigation schedule associated with the first sprinkler zone;
- receiving a computer-readable file including instructions for programming an irrigation schedule for the first sprinkler zone;
- receiving at least one characteristic record value for a second sprinkler zone associated with a second sprinkler controller and a second irrigation schedule, the second sprinkler controller unrelated to the first sprinkler controller and the second irrigation schedule associated with the second sprinkler zone;
- determining that a characteristic record value for the first sprinkler zone matches a characteristic record value for the second sprinkler zone;
- generating a computer-readable file in a memory of computer server, the file including instructions for programming an irrigation schedule for the second sprinkler zone in response to the determining that a characteristic record associated with the first sprinkler zone matches a characteristic record associated with the second sprinkler zone, the second irrigation schedule based at least in part on the first irrigation schedule;
- sending, by a network communication device of the computer server, the second irrigation scheduling data for the second sprinkler zone to the second sprinkler controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.