Patent ID: 7613447

Claim:
A system for identifying the location of selected mobile stations connected to a cellular communication network, comprising: authentication means for determining authorization of an accessing party to request mobile station location determination, comprising: password access means for providing password protection of said system for identifying the location of selected mobile stations, and mobile station exemption determining means, responsive to identification of a selected mobile station by said accessing party, for determining whether said selected mobile station is exempt from location determination; mobile station query means, responsive to identification of a selected mobile station by said authorized accessing party, for determining a serving cell site of said selected mobile station via execution of a mobile station registration process in said cellular communication network; and mobile station location means for determining a present geographic location of said selected mobile station by the exchange of location request messages and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data on the paging channel which serves said selected mobile station and absent identification of the executing location tracking process to a user of said selected mobile station.