Real time exchange of update information over a network using web sockets coupled to a message queue

A server having a web socket configuration for providing access to a remote storage database by a network client device over a communications network, the database containing event driven data, the server including:

• an interface to the database containing the event driven data;
• a message queue for receiving and storing updates of the event driven data of the database;
• a computer processor and memory having stored instructions for execution by the computer processor to:
• establish by the computer processor a websocket connection with the network client device upon request of the network client device, the websocket connection providing a persistent network connection between the server and the network client device for communicating network messages;
• link by the computer processor a set of instructions as a coupling program providing a direct coupling between the message queue and the websocket connection;
• receive by the computer processor a query request from the network client device for a requested portion of the event driven data, apply the query request to the database and send a query response containing the requested portion of the event driven data to the network client device, contents of the query response representing historical event driven data;
• and
• subsequent to said send the query response, operate by the computer processor the coupling program such that update data of the event driven data resident in the message queue is passed to the websocket connection and sent to the network client device as an update data message containing the update data representing real-time changes to the historical event driven data;
• wherein the update data is associated with the requested portion of the event driven data such that the update data represents a data subset of the requested portion.