Patent ID: 7711004

Claim:
A method in an access point of a wireless network, the method comprising: (a) wirelessly broadcasting, on a first wireless network channel, directory information about one or more media programs being broadcast on one or more other wireless network channels, including a schedule of the media programs, the wireless broadcasting on the first wireless network channel being lined up with beacon frames containing a broadcast-buffered indication such that power saving can be implemented on any client associated with the access point and such that a power-save client station can receive the directory information, wherein at least one media program includes time-sensitive traffic including video and/or audio, and wherein the directory information includes for each program information indicative of at least one of: the start time, length of the to-be-broadcast program, repetition rate or period, the wireless network channel on which the broadcast is to occur, a description such as a title and a classification on the type of program, and/or, in the case that the program is one for which a user is charged, the charge for receiving the program; and (b) wirelessly broadcasting the one or more media programs on the one or more other wireless network channels according to the schedule of the media programs, the wireless broadcasting on the one or more other wireless network channels not being lined up with beacon frames containing a broadcast-buffered indication, such that the time-sensitive traffic can be broadcast by the access point on the one or more channels according to the directory information.