Battery monitoring network

A method for monitoring a vehicle battery, comprising:

• monitoring one or more operational parameters of each battery cell of a plurality of battery cells of the vehicle battery via a battery monitoring system integrated within the vehicle battery, wherein the vehicle battery is configured to power components of the vehicle;
• determining one or more battery parameters of the vehicle battery based on the one or more operational parameters of each battery cell;
• transmitting, via a transmitter of the battery monitoring system, data indicative of the one or more battery parameters of the vehicle battery to a user's cellular phone via an infrared wireless link;
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• transmitting, using the user's cellular phone, the data indicative of the one or more battery parameters of the vehicle battery to a cloud-based computing network comprising an Internet-connected remote server via a cellular network and the Internet;
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• receiving a notification on the user's cellular phone via the cellular network and the Internet, wherein the notification indicates an end of life of the vehicle battery determined by the Internet-connected remote server, and wherein the end of life of the vehicle battery is less than a predetermined value.

A battery monitoring network, comprising:

• a vehicle battery configured to be installed in a vehicle to power components of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle battery comprises a plurality of battery cells;
• a battery monitoring system integrated within the vehicle battery, wherein the battery monitoring system comprises a diagnostic system configured to monitor or to store at least one characteristic of the vehicle battery, wherein the battery monitoring system is configured to determine at least one characteristic of the vehicle battery based on one or more operational parameters of each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, and a transmitter configured to transmit data indicative of the at least one characteristic of the vehicle battery via an infrared wireless link;
• a user's cellular phone is configured to receive the data via the infrared wireless link and to transmit the data to an Internet-connected remote server via a cellular network;
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• a cloud-based computing network comprising the Internet-connected remote server configured to;
• receive the data from the transmitter via the user's cellular phone;
• determine an end of life of the vehicle battery based, at least in part, on the one or more battery parameters:
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• in response to determining that the end of life of the vehicle battery is less than a predetermined value, send a notification to the user's cellular phone via the Internet and the cellular network, wherein the notification indicates the determined end of life of the vehicle battery.