MOBILE DEVICE TREATMENT

Dominique Boyette
New Media IV_Klinkowstein
Device Treatment

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Description
This device is for the modern day spy—also known as a stalker. This covert “investigative reporter” has a desire to secretly acquire more information about their desired subject(s). Features include most standard functions of a cellular phone including a high-resolution camera and text and video messaging capabilities. But it’s crème’ de le crème specs include a real time GPS tracking system, high speed internet, face recognition software, and a voice recording/transcribing program to be used to upload immediate messages, emails, or blog posts. It also has headphone adapters so it may be concealed as a mp3/media player. If provided, the POCKET SCOUT can save desired subjects for future alerts whenever in a 100 mile radius. (Thanks to the satellite gps system).
The purpose of the device is to quickly and effectively locate subjects. It has the ability to share and help searches for/with PS PALS in various messaging styles.

Scenario
Girl awakes to a mobile alert from her POCKET SCOUT. The screen shows that her target has just entered her neighborhood and is 25 blocks from her house, headed west. She searches for immediate directions, estimated eta for quickest route to the destination point. She pulls up the map and steps out the door of her house. She plugs in a set of headphones and begins to receive step-by-step directions to the target.
While listening to the directions, she goes into saved subjects and pulls up know associates of her current target and begins a neighborhood search and scan via the facial recognitions software satellite gps locator. The PS alerts and identifies 2 local associates with pictures, both 5 minutes away from her current location and calculates the changed route.
Another incoming alert, a live video message from a PS PAL she notified earlier, he says he just saw the target and to hurry up…he’s running out of the goods. She says thanks and closes the stream. Three minutes later she has located and acquired the target, a Cold Cone truck, one of the neighborhood ice cream men. Mission accomplished.