Detection of user availability for a communication session involving selection of a recipient from a pool

摘要

A method comprises: receiving, at a communication network node 170, an invitation for a communication session; determining a first availability of a first possible recipient based on a first characteristic of use of a first software application by the first possible recipient; determining a second availability of a second possible recipient based on a second characteristic of use of a second software application by the second possible recipient; selecting, via a processor, at the communication network node, a recipient for the invitation from a selection pool comprising the first possible recipient and the second possible recipient, based on a comparison of the first availability and the second availability; and forwarding the invitation from the communication network node to the recipient. The characteristic of use may comprise an identity of a specific software feature that is currently used, presence of a keyword in a file that is opened by the software application, or a uniform resource identifier to which the software application is connected.