Patent ID: 7793002

Claim:
A method to synchronize information within a hierarchical synchronization topology comprising a plurality of networked nodes, the method comprising: configuring a first networked node to be a parent node associated directly with second and third networked nodes configured to be respective first and second direct child nodes of the parent node; selecting one or more other networked nodes to be a first set of indirect child nodes associated indirectly with the parent node through the first direct child node; and configuring the parent node to send information undergoing synchronization to the first and second direct child nodes sequentially based on a plurality of hierarchical synchronization levels to which the first and second direct child nodes are associated, but to not send the information to the first set of indirect child nodes, wherein the first direct child node is to propagate the information to the first set of indirect child nodes while the parent node is to send the information to the second direct child node.