may be later coupled to a wire based system not shown that downloads the previously saved information pertaining to the video of interest to the communication network 134 using an e mail message another electronic messaging system a browser or the like the acquired information pertaining to the video of interest in some embodiments is then communicated over the communication network 134 to the content provider system 112 the content provider system 112 comprises a content delivery system 136 a video identification system 138 and a communication network transceiver 140 the communication network transceiver 140 communicatively couples the content provider system 112 and the communication network 134 depending upon how the content provider system 112 is communicatively coupled to the communication network 134 the acquired information pertaining to the video of interest is received using a suitable wireless signal 142 or a suitable wire based signal 144 some embodiments of the content provider system 112 may be configured to transmit a confirmation message back to the portable electronic device 108 to confirm receipt of the acquired information pertaining to the video of interest the video identification system 138 processes the received information pertaining to the video of interest acquired by the portable electronic device 108 to identify the video of interest the identification may be based on the title 104 and or the bar code identifier 106 when captured image information is provided the title 104 and or the bar code identifier 106 may be determined using character recognition logic when scanned information is provided the title 104 and or the bar code identifier 106 may be.