Patent ID: 8639806

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a registration at a malfunctioning link registry service, the registration sent over a network from a first user portal to the malfunctioning link registry service, the registration identifying a malfunctioning network link; after receiving the registration of the identified malfunctioning link at the malfunctioning link registry service and before determining that the link has been restored, the malfunctioning link registry service sending a first notification of the identified malfunctioning network link to a second user portal and a third user portal, the second user portal and the third user portal having previously identified themselves as interested in tracking the link identified to the malfunctioning link registry service by the first user portal; after receiving the registration of the identified malfunctioning link at the malfunctioning link registry service sending to the first user portal, a second notification, the second notification from the malfunctioning link registry service and providing that a previously identified malfunctioning network link has been restored; the second notification received by the first user portal being sent over the network from the malfunctioning link registry service; the malfunctioning link registry service sending the second notification after conducting a query that identifies that the previously identified malfunctioning link has been restored; and sending the second notification such that upon receiving the second notification at the first user portal, an indicator is updated to reflect that the previously identified malfunctioning link has been restored.