Method and apparatus for checking the health of a connection between a supplemental service provider and a user device of a primary service provider

摘要

A system and method for communicating between a secondary content provider and a user device includes a user device locator module and a primary service provider providing primary service content to the user device. The user device communicates a user device identifier, an IP address and a port number to the user device locator module. A secondary service content provider in communication with the user device locator module provider has a healthcheck module receiving the IP address and the port number from the user device locator module. The healthcheck module communicates a healthcheck signal to the user device using the port number and the IP address of the user device through a network. The secondary service content provider communicates secondary content to the user device through the network.