processing technique of a content distribution request

The invention relates to a technique of processing a distribution request of a content transmitted by a first client entity (10). A processing device (20) obtains a location area of ​​the client entity from an address of said entity and selection information for at least a previous selection of a content distribution system of a plurality of networks distribution (30-32) to another content distribution request from a second client entity of the same location area, the selection information indicating the selected network and the time of selection. For a network identifier obtained data representative of a probability of presence of this content in a cache memory of the network is determined based on the time elapsed since the previous selection. This data is then used to select a distribution network to distribute content to the first client entity.