Patent ID: 8130686

Claim:
A method comprising: in response to an attempt by a first access terminal in a sector of a wireless network to provide push-to-media content to a second access terminal, transmitting the push-to-media content from the first access terminal using a flow to the second access terminal in which the flow is capable of transmitting the push-to-media content to at least two access terminals, the push-to-media content transmission is based, at least in part, on information provided by a push-to-media server and represents operational capability of the second access terminal, wherein a multicast controller, different from the push-to-media server, identifies the flow to the first and second access terminals; and switching the flow to a unicast flow as determined by the push-to-media server based, at least in part, upon a status change of the second access terminal, wherein the status change is associated with a predefined flow duration limit, the push-to-media server is capable of extending the predefined duration limit by sending a duration extension request to the multicast controller.