One embodiment provides a system that facilitates associating consumer states with interests in a Content-Centric Network (CCN). During operation, the system generates an interest for a content object comprising a name of the content object in a remote node. The name in the interest is location independent and uniquely identifies the content object in the CCN. The interest is routed in the CCN based on the name. The system also associates the consumer states, which are associated with the content object, with the interest.
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