Patent ID: 7573833

Claim:
A system for monitoring connectivity status comprising: one or more network traffic transport entities each transporting network traffic and operable to: monitor a portion of the network traffic for network traffic of a network system user on one or more communication devices associated with the network system user; access one or more network traffic alert rules, each rule associated with traffic characteristics indicative of a network connectivity status for a communication device associated with the network system user; apply the network traffic alert rules to the portion of the network traffic; determine whether an alert is required based on the application of the network traffic alert rules; and generate an alert message comprising a device identifier associated with one of the one or more communication devices that is associated with the network system user; and an aggregation server operable to: maintain a connectivity status profile for the network system user indicating the network connectivity status for the one or more communication devices associated with the network system user; receive the alert message from the network traffic transport entity; determine that one of the one or more communication devices associated with the network system user in the connectivity status profile matches the device identifier in the alert message; and update the network connectivity status for the matching communication device.