Abstract: A real-time browser window alert system including a real-time alert sub-system including a session manager operative to monitor a session in which a web page is active within a window of a browser on a client computer, and an alert buffer operative to store an alert destined for the client computer, a monitor operative to poll the sub-system for the existence of alerts destined for the client computer and retrieve the alert to the client computer, and an alert controller operative to modify an alert area within the window for providing the alert therein.