Internet surveillance system and method

A method, comprising:

• receiving an indication of a user request to monitor any of a plurality of remote locations in exchange for payment;
• selecting a remote monitoring task associated with a remote location from the plurality of remote locations, the remote monitoring task being selected from a plurality of remote monitoring tasks;
• providing, to the user, an indication of (i) the remote monitoring task, and (ii) emergency reporting information;
• facilitating communication between the user and a sensor at the remote location;
• and
• providing payment to the user, wherein the payment comprises a value calculated by multiplying a pay rate by an amount of monitoring time.

A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receive an indication of a user request to monitor any of a plurality of remote locations in exchange for payment;
• select a remote monitoring task associated with a remote location from the plurality of remote locations, the remote monitoring task being selected from a plurality of remote monitoring tasks;
• provide, to the user, an indication of (i) the remote monitoring task, and (ii) emergency reporting information;
• facilitate communication between the user and a sensor at the remote location;
• and
• provide payment to the user, wherein the payment comprises a value calculated by multiplying a pay rate by an amount of monitoring time.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device that stores a program for directing the processor, the processor being operative with the program to:
• receive an indication of a user request to monitor any of a plurality of remote locations in exchange for payment;
• select a remote monitoring task associated with a remote location from the plurality of remote locations, the remote monitoring task being selected from a plurality of remote monitoring tasks;
• provide, to the user, an indication of (i) the remote monitoring task, and (ii) emergency reporting information;
• facilitate communication between the user and a sensor at the remote location;
• and
• provide payment to the user, wherein the payment comprises a value calculated by multiplying a pay rate by an amount of monitoring time.