ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,641, issued on Dec. 30.

"Method and system for controlling an irrigation system" was invented by Trevor Kah (North Palm Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Am irrigation control system includes a controller element connected to one or more decoders that control sprinklers in one or more irrigation zones and a mobile electronic device or module configured to scan and identify individual decoders and provide irrigation program information to the controller element that provides instructions for watering at each of the irrigation zones, where the instructions are encoded or otherwise specified for execution by desired decoders."...