Image capture, compression, transmission over public networks, meta data retention, and decompression services for remote mobile viewing; Compression, transport, and storage appliances for security meta data and camera images; Security data center services and network equipment to control, configure, and manage video hardware and software assets; Services for remote mobile viewing consisting of image capture, compression, transmission over public networks, meta data retention, and decompression; Appliances for meta data and camera image compression, encryption, transport, and storage; Data center services and network equipment to control, configure, and manage image compression coders and decoders; Software to control mobile devices, appliances, servers, and image capture terminals; setting up locations, cameras, installing recording equipment, recording service for video and audio, retaining service, secure data center service, and monitoring service