Irrigation controller wireless network adapter and networked remote service

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9468162
SERIAL NO

13843319

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Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point wireless communication path with the wireless adapter, wherein the network adapter is configured to further couple through a direct wired connection with a local router configured to provide communication over a distributed network to a remote server; wherein the wireless adapter is configured to poll the irrigation controller to acquire and locally store status information; and the wireless adapter is configured to communicate, over the point-to-point wireless channel, the status information to the server.

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  • RAIN BIRD CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crist, Timothy J Tucson, US 35 1040
Decker, Gregory Oro Valley, US 1 61
Nickerson, Harvey J San Diego, US 61 2427
Redmond, David M Tucson, US 22 728
Weiler, Steven San Diego, US 1 61

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