Method for retrieving product information over a communication network. A
method for retrieving product information including at least
product/service identification or description and related to a commercial
event and associated with a remote location on a communications network.
A receiver is operable to receive at a user location a broadcast
including a data set associated with the product information. The data
set is extract from a non-video portion of the broadcast in an extracting
system. A connection device is provided to connect the user location to
the remote location on the network in response to extracting the data set
to enable retrieval of the product information from the remote location.