Patent ID: 9602596
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a content consuming device, in response to a first interest for a piece of content based on an original name, a first content object that includes a list of one or more name prefixes associated with the original name, receiving, in response to a second interest based on a name prefix from the list, a second content object that is the original root manifest; selecting a peer node based on the name prefix, wherein the peer node stores one or more of the original content objects; determining which original content objects are stored at the selected peer node; and generating a third interest for a respective content object of the original content objects, wherein the name for the third interest includes the name prefix used to select the peer node, and wherein the third interest includes a COH value for a determined original content object stored at the selected peer node.