System for intelligent delegation of irrigation control

A irrigation controller comprising:

• a control unit for performing actions;
• a primary communication mechanism for establishing a primary connection to one or more servers and for receiving data via said primary connection, said data including commands to execute in a first mode and updates to a delegated program for operating the irrigation controller while in a second mode;
• wherein the delegated program comprises a set of condition-based instructions that is updated by the one or more servers based at least in part upon environmental data available to the one or more servers;
• logic, operatively coupled to said primary communication mechanism, for causing said irrigation controller to operate in the first mode while said primary connection is established;
• logic, operatively coupled to said primary communication mechanism, for, while operating in the first mode, causing the control unit to perform actions in response to receiving said commands via said primary connection;
• logic, operatively coupled to said primary communication mechanism, for detecting a failure in said primary connection;
• logic, operatively coupled to said primary communication mechanism, for transitioning the irrigation controller to the second mode upon detecting the failure;
• logic, operatively coupled to said primary communication mechanism, for, while operating in said second mode, executing the delegated program until the irrigation controller re-establishes the primary connection;
• wherein executing the delegated program while operating in the second mode causes:
• accessing sensor data that is available to the irrigation controller while in the second mode, but unavailable to the one or more server, wherein the sensor data is more recent than the environmental data upon which the set of condition-based instructions in the delegated program was last updated prior to transitioning to the second mode;
• identifying actions to perform based upon applying the sensor data to the set of condition-based instructions in the delegated program, as last updated by the one or more servers prior to transitioning to the second mode;
• causing performance of the identified actions.