Patent ID: 7031326

Claim:
A method practiced at a gateway server connected to a Multicast network and a Unicast network for adapting Multicast sessions on said Multicast network in response to requests by a Unicast client on said Unicast network, the method comprising: accumulating directory information relating to Multicast sessions on said Multicast network; supplying said Unicast client with said directory information, receiving a request at the gateway server from said Unicast client to adapt sessions on said Multicast network, said request including information about at least one Multicast session, sending at least one message regarding said at least one Multicast session to at least one address on said Multicast network, wherein said request comprises a request to record a selected Multicast session based on said directory information, said information about said at least one Multicast session comprises information about said Multicast session to be recorded, and said sending at least one message comprises sending a message containing information about the selected Multicast session to a recording server connected to the Multicast network to record the selected session.