Patent ID: 7664840

Claim:
A super-node formed from a plurality of nodes in a binary tree topology network, the super-node comprising: a multitasking computing system having a memory; a first node running on the computing system, the first node being docked downtree of and with a parent node running on a first separate computing system, the first node having a first socket adapted to be docked uptree of a first child node and a second socket adapted to be docked uptree of a second child node; a second node running on the computing system, the second node being virtually docked downtree of and with the first node over the first socket, the second node having a third socket adapted to be docked uptree of a third child node and a fourth socket adapted to be docked uptree of a fourth child node; and a third node running on the computing system, the third node being virtually docked downtree of and with at least one of the first node over the second socket or the second node over the third socket or the fourth socket, the third node having a fifth socket adapted to be docked uptree of a fifth child node and a sixth socket adapted to be docked uptree of a sixth child node; at least one selected from the second socket, the third socket or the fourth socket being configured to be docked uptree of and with a child node running on a second separate computing system, whereby a super-node comprising the first node and the second node is formed on the same computing system.