Patent ID: 7970585

Claim:
A method of remotely monitoring and controlling at least one cell-site, the method comprising: (a) receiving data indicative of a status of at least one battery of the at least one cell-site at a remote processing device, wherein the status relates to at least one of a voltage status, a conductance status, and a temperature status; (b) processing the data at the remote processing device; (c) determining at least one further action that should be taken by the at least one cell-site in response to the data; and (d) sending from the remote processing device at least one control signal to the at least one cell-site configured to cause the at least one cell-site to take the at least one further action, wherein the received data concerns the status of at least one battery of a first cell-site of the at least one cell-site, and the at least one control signal is sent to a second cell-site of the at least one cell-site.