Method and system for content closures in a content centric network

A computer system for facilitating content closures, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device coupled to the processor and storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving, by a content producing device, an initial interest with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the initial interest indicates a request by a client computing device for a result of a computation;
• generating a content object which indicates a function that outputs the requested result and data to be used as input to the function;
• and
• transmitting the content object to the client computing device, which causes the client computing device to obtain the data indicated in the content object and perform the function based on the obtained data, thereby facilitating the content producing device to offload computation of the function to the client computing device.

A computer-implemented method for facilitating content closures, comprising:

• generating, by a client computing device, an initial interest with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the initial interest indicates a request for a result of a computation;
• receiving from a content producing device a content object which indicates a function that outputs the requested result and data to be used as input to the function;
• and
• performing the function based on the indicated data, which outputs the requested result, thereby facilitating a content producing device to offload computation of the function to the client computing device.