METHOD-RESIDENT STORAGE ASSOCIATED WITH COLLABORATING COMPUTER PROCESSES

Memory-resident stored system for storing data associated with plurality of collaborating computer processes (84, 86, 88). Included instructions for dynamically establishing hierarchical organization relating to a plurality o f nodes (68). Each of the nodes establishes a path with at least selected ones of the plurality of collaborating computer processes. Instructions operate t o describe plurality of paths according to the hierarchical organization. Instructions also accommodate communicating with communications network server, the plurality of hierarchical paths descriptions for permitting transient storage of data in describing the path between nodes and plurality of collaborating computer process.