Identification information is extracted from a current broadcast of
a piece or music or other type of information of interest to a user, and stored
in a memory or other storage device, in response to a user command. The identification
information includes sufficient information to identify at least one deliverable
information item associated with the current broadcast, e.g., a CD or MP3 file
which contains the particular piece of music. When the user later has access to
a wired or wireless network connection, the extracted identification information
is delivered over a network connection to a server which processes the delivered
information to identify the deliverable information item associated with the broadcast.
The user can then purchase the deliverable information item by appropriate interaction
with the server. The extracted identification information may be stored in a removable
memory device associated with a receiver which receives the broadcast. In this
case, the removable memory device is subsequently removed from the receiver and
inserted into another device which establishes the network connection for delivery
of the identification information to the server.
