Patent ID: 9515920
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A content router, comprising: a plurality of interfaces coupled to a plurality of physical links to other nodes in an information centric network; a receiver coupled to the plurality of interfaces and configured to receive messages; a transmitter coupled to the plurality of interfaces and configured to transmit messages; a memory device comprising a pending interest table (PIT) configured to store pending interest requests that have not been answered by corresponding data responses; and a service publishing and discovery (SPD) module comprising a processor and coupled to the receiver, to the memory device, and to the transmitter, wherein the SPD module is configured to: wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a transmitted service discovery message to the next hop node based on the received service discovery message to search all services available within the number of hops along a path through the next hop node, and wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a data message comprising aggregated service profiles comprising data indicating all services available within the number of hops along the path through the next hop node.