Patent ID: 8565927

Claim:
An irrigation interrupter comprising: a housing; an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless data; a memory for storing watering pattern data; and a processor configured for learning a watering pattern for a land area by monitoring a controller behavior over a predetermined time period; wherein the antenna of the irrigation interrupter receives a plurality of wireless signals from a plurality of sub-surface sensors, each of the plurality of wireless signals comprising soil data comprising at least a moisture value of the soil, wherein the processor is configured to analyze the soil data and the processor is configured to optimize water usage for an area based on the moisture value of the soil, wherein the interrupter limits an irrigation event based on the moisture value of the soil, wherein the processor is configured to create a plurality of profiles of moisture levels and behaviors, with each profile having a minimum moisture level, a maximum moisture level, and a mechanism for mid-flow cutoff for a watering cycle of a predetermined length to control the irrigation.