A data capture and mining method which enables identification of characters and words through their visible patterns. A system is provided that includes: a graphical user interface for allowing a user to install and administer a camera within the metaverse; a system for collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera; and a system for storing or delivering the image data for the user. In one embodiment, multiple FPGAs are connected together by a data bus and are also provided with data pipes which interconnect selected FPGAs together to provide the necessary processing function. Voice data is tunneled from the calling party’s handset and the calling party’s network, through any number of different networks, to the called party’s network and called party’s handset, without any vocoding conversions, except at the handsets.