Controlling delivery of notifications in real-time communications based on communication channel state

A computer implemented method of indicating to at least one user that another participant in a real-time communication session would like to make a comment in a real-time communication session, comprising:

• determining, whether a user interface window in a graphical user interface in a client system associated with said user can currently be reliably used to indicate to said user that said other participant in said real-time communication session would like to make a comment in said real-time communication session;
• and
• responsive to a determination that said window cannot currently be reliably used to indicate to said user that said other participant in said real-time communication session would like to make a comment in said real-time communication session, audibly indicating to said user that said other participant in said real-time communication session would like to make a comment in said real-time communication session by generating an audio notification through an audio subsystem in said client system associated with said user.

A computer program product, comprising:

• at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program code for indicating to at least one user that another participant in a real-time communication session would like to make a comment, said program code including
• program code for determining whether a user interface window in a graphical user interface in a client system associated with said user can currently be reliably used to indicate to said user that said other participant in said real-time communication session would like to make a comment in said real-time communication session, and
• program code for, responsive to a determination that said window cannot currently be reliably used to indicate to said user that said other participant in said real-time communication session would like to make a comment in said real-time communication session, audibly indicating to said user that said other participant in said real-time communication session would like to make a comment in said real-time communication session by generating an audio notification through an audio subsystem in said client system associated with said user.