1. A method implemented by a content centric network (CCN) naming layer executed by a network device, the naming layer configured to enable processing of regular expressions as part of a hierarchical CCN name, where regular expressions are sequences of characters that form a search pattern, the method to process regular expressions utilized in a one to many scenario between a plurality of CCN clients and at least one CCN serving node, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a CCN interest from a CCN forwarding layer; accessing a forwarding information base (FIB) to find FIB entries matching a path of the CCN name and the regular expression; accessing a content store to find content objects matching the FIB entries; and creating a new CCN interest for each of the FIB entries not found in the content store.