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.

Abstract: A subscription-based dynamic content update system including a content update sub-system including a session manager operative to associate a web page currently active at a client and having at least one specialized content area with a subscription for content therefor, a subscription manager operative to create the subscription on a publish/subscribe server, an event buffer operative to store a content update received from the publish/subscribe server in response to a publication received from a content provider and in connection with the subscription, and a monitor operative to receive the content update from the content update sub-system and provide the content update for updating the specialized content area.