High-volume web page update system and method

A system for updating a web page, comprising:

• a device provided behind a firewall and operable to display a web page, the device operable to limit the display of information asynchronously transmitted to the device, the device further operable to request information;
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• a server provided outside the firewall, the server in communication, via a connection, with the device and responsive to a request from the device for information to provide the information to the device, the server further operable to facilitate maintaining the connection with the device such that when the information is updated the server communicates the updated information to the device via the connection.

A software for updating a web page, comprising:

• a remote program of substantially hyper-text markup language (HTML) code used by a web browser provided behind a firewall, the remote program operable to display a web page and request information, the display in the web page of information asynchronously transmitted being limited;
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• a webcaster program deployed outside the firewall, the webcaster program operable to communicate, via a connection, with the remote program and responsive to a request from the remote program for information to provide the information, the webcaster program further operable to facilitate maintaining the connection with the remote program such that when the information is updated the webcaster program communicates the updated information to the remote program via the connection.