Patent ID: 7720251

Claim:
A method, comprising: capturing an audio signal on a processor system of a specific-purpose embedded appliance; capturing on the processor system at least any one of a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal, the specific-purpose embedded appliance being dedicated to capturing, processing, storing and sending a plurality of real-time media signals, the plurality of media signals including the audio signal and the at least one of the visual-capture signal or the digital-image signal; receiving a start indicator configured to trigger the capturing of the audio signal on the processor system or the capturing on the processor system at least any one of the visual-capture signal or the digital-image signal, the start indicator being received from a control server separate from the specific-purpose embedded appliance; and sending at least any one of the audio signal, the visual-capture signal, or the digital-image signal based on a send indicator received from the control server, the send indicator being defined at the control server based on a schedule.