1. A multimedia apparatus, comprising: at least one input port configured to receive video signals from a plurality of video cameras representing a scene; at least one input port configured to receive audio signals from a plurality of microphones proximate to the scene; a digital communication interface configured to communicate information derived from the video signals and information derived from the audio signals; and at least one processor configured to: receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the multimedia apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet; perform an analysis of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones to localize a moving object in the scene, representing an audio emission source; provide an identification of a human in dependence on at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene; perform a model-based motion analysis of at least the moving object representing the audio emission source represented in the video signals; recognize a predetermined sequence of activity represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; and determine whether the moving object in the scene complies with a motion-based rule dependent on a change in movement, in dependence on at least the model based motion analysis; and to generate digital control signals based on both the audio signals and the video signals.