Well, the reason I thought it MIGHT is that we are running under the "aware engine". So, if I have a query auto refresh is tied to a process, then (looking at the log), the "aware engine" knows that the process was run and it should not be that difficult to send a msg to the client to refresh. This should not depend on context, since if tied to a process or a BO being updated, that has nothing to do with my current context.
Of course, I have no clue how this works. Perhaps one of the brains @ aware can give us the definitive answer.
Bruce