Patent ID: 8839135

Claim:
An Internet-accessible registration and component verification system for agriculture irrigation systems, comprising: at least one server for providing an irrigation system registration web site accessible via the Internet; an Internet-accessible irrigation system information database in data communication with said server and configured to store sprinkler package configuration (SPC) information defining specific irrigation system components and their respective arrangement within a particular system, and geographic location information associated to one or more discrete irrigation systems; a geographic location-aware handheld mobile device configured for use at an irrigation site to receive ID information of an irrigation system component directly from the irrigation system component at the irrigation site and to wirelessly communicate with the irrigation system information database to obtain SPC information specific to the irrigation site; and an interactive user interface to the database, the user interface accessible via a terminal or the mobile device and configured to enable a user to register or retrieve geographic location information associated with each irrigation system component in the SPC information associated to a particular irrigation system; wherein the registration and component verification system is configured to enable a user to check and verify irrigation system components which are in place at the irrigation system site and placement locations of the components within the irrigation system at the irrigation site based upon a current geographic location of the mobile device, an ID obtained from a component by the mobile device and the SPC data associated to the irrigation site.