Patent ID: 8924891

Claim:
A method, implemented on a computer, for providing information about stations in an irrigation system which are simultaneously active, comprising: on a display of a computer, displaying an irrigation flow curve image which summarizes flow information for an irrigation system: wherein the irrigation flow curve image indicates scheduled flow vs. time, wherein the detail information is a watering schedule of planned irrigation per station, the stations which are simultaneously active at the time being determined by referring to the watering schedule of planned irrigation; interacting with a user to receive an indication from a user interface pointing device of a position within a flow curve area of the irrigation flow curve image on the display; determining which stations in the irrigation system are simultaneously active throughout a same runtime corresponding to a time indicated by the position of the user interface pointing device, as distinguished from a station which has inactivity at a point in the same runtime; and on the display of the computer, displaying detail information isolating the stations in the irrigation system determined to be simultaneously active throughout the same runtime corresponding to the time indicated by the position of the user interface pointing device, wherein the detail information further individually indicates irrigation activity for the stations determined to be simultaneously active at the time indicated by the position of the user interface pointing device, and the stations being grouped on the display by individual satellites, the stations which are not simultaneously active being omitted from the display.