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Granted Patent B2
US 12702098 · App. 18/136,571 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Devices, systems, and methods for irrigation management

Inventor: Rudy Lars Larsen (Bountiful, UT)
Assignee: Smart Rain Systems, LLC
A01G25/165G05B19/042G05B2219/2625
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Patent No.
US 12702098
App. No.
18/136,571
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (16)

1 . 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; and

receiving third-party irrigation information from the third-party device via the local irrigation controller.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting an irrigation program based on the third-party irrigation information.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the third-party irrigation information to the cloud-based irrigation network.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein adjusting the irrigation program occurs at the cloud-based network.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the third-party irrigation information to each of the plurality of irrigation controllers.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third-party device includes an internet-of-things (IOT) device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third-party device includes an irrigation device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third-party device is in direct communication with the one of the plurality of irrigation controllers.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third-party device includes a sensor.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the local irrigation network includes a first Wi-Fi network and the third-party network includes a second Wi-Fi network.