ASP.NET MVC - Automatic notifications when a record is modified?
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I have just used the NotifyIcon class in a windows application and I think it is really handy. I'm predominantly a web developer so I just wanted to find out if there is anything similar to this for a website.

The website I want to incorporate this into has a Ticket Management module where users can capture tickets/problems and then get responses to these tickets from my client's employees who handle the ticket.

Obviously I realize that the notification or pop up will need to be shown in the page, but is there a way to put a timer on the specific page, or even the Master page (maybe javascript or JQuery), to poll the database every few minutes and check for recently modified tickets and let the logged in user know that a ticket has been updated?

Thanks in advance.