Systems and Methods for Transmitting and Receiving Interest Messages

A method for receiving an interest message, the method comprising:

• receiving an interest message on a first one of at least one communication interface, the interest message comprising a name of a requested data object, at least one name component of the name of the requested data object comprising a range;
• determining whether at least one memory comprises a named data object having a name matching the name of the requested data object;
• providing the named data object on the first one of the at least one communication interface if the at least one memory comprises the named data object;
• forwarding the interest message on one or more further ones of the at least one communication interface if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object;
• associating the name of the requested data object with an identifier of the first one of the at least one communication interface in the at least one memory if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object;
• receiving the named data object on the one or more further ones of the least one communication interface if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object;
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• forwarding the named data object on the first one of the at least one communication interface based on the association if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a system, cause the system to carry out operations including:

• receiving an interest message on a first one of at least one communication interface, the interest message comprising a name of a requested data object, at least one name component of the name of the requested data object comprising a range;
• determining whether at least one memory comprises a named data object having a name matching the name of the requested data object;
• providing the named data object on the first one of the at least one communication interface if the at least one memory comprises the named data object;
• forwarding the interest message on one or more further ones of the at least one communication interface if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object;
• associating the name of the requested data object with an identifier of the first one of the at least one communication interface in the at least one memory if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object;
• receiving the named data object on the one or more further ones of the least one communication interface if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object;
• and
• forwarding the named data object on the first one of the at least one communication interface based on the association if the at least one memory does not comprise the named data object.