System and method for managing devices over a content centric network

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, a first Interest for managing a device resource, wherein the Interest's name includes a name or a name prefix for the device resource and a command for monitoring or configuring the device resource;
• and
• responsive to determining that the first Interest's name corresponds to the local device, analyzing the first Interest's command to determine a resource of the device, and to determine a resource-managing operation to perform on the device resource;
• and
• performing the resource-managing operation on the device resource, which involves, in response to determining that a predetermined condition of the command is satisfied:
• generating an alert message;
• generating a Content Object with a name that includes the first Interest's name, and with a payload that includes the alert message;
• and
• in response to determining that the first Interest originated from the predetermined target device that is to receive the alert message, returning the Content Object over the content centric network to satisfy the first Interest, and to provide the alert message to the predetermined target device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a first Interest for managing a device resource, wherein the Interest's name includes a name or a name prefix for the resource and a command for monitoring or configuring the device resource;
• responsive to determining that the first Interest's name corresponds to the local device, analyzing the first Interest's command to determine a device resource of the device, and to determine a resource-managing operation to perform on the device resource;
• and
• performing the resource-managing operation on the device resource, which involves, in response to determining that a predetermined condition of the command is satisfied:
• generating an alert message;
• generating a Content Object with a name that includes the first Interest's name, and with a payload that includes the alert message;
• and
• in response to determining that the first Interest originated from the predetermined target device that is to receive the alert message, returning the Content Object over the content centric network to satisfy the first Interest, and to provide the alert message to the predetermined target device.