Identifying the location of mobile stations

A cell phone, comprising:

• a user interface, wherein the user interface is to receive a message;
• a parser coupled to the user interface, wherein the parser to receive the message and determine whether the message includes a pre-defined string;
• an identification logic coupled to the parser, wherein the identification logic to determine whether at least portions of the cell phone are in a switched-off mode in response to receiving the message;
• a power logic coupled to the identification logic, wherein the power logic to generate a power signal to power on the cell phone if it is determined that the cell phone is in the switched-off mode;
• a processing unit coupled to the parser, the identification logic, the power logic and a memory, wherein the processing unit to,
• generate a location information of the cell phone in response to receiving the message;
• and
• sending the location information to a second mobile device;
• and
• a user to identify the location of the cell phone based on the location information.

A mobile communication system comprising:

• a plurality of mobile devices comprising a first mobile device and a second mobile device;
• a plurality of network devices;
• and
• a network including one or more switches, routers, and bridges;
• wherein a first network device to examine the message received from the second mobile device before forwarding the message to a second network device;
• wherein the second network device to set-up a connection with a third network device after determining that the message includes a pre-defined string;
• wherein the third network device to interface with the network before sending the message to the network;
• wherein the network to forward the message to first mobile device;
• wherein the first mobile device to,
• receive the message, determine whether the message includes a pre-defined string, determine whether at least portions of the first mobile device are in a switched-off mode in response to receiving the message, power-on the portions of the first mobile device, which were switched-off prior to receiving the message, and generate a location information of the first mobile device in response to receiving the message, and send the location information to a second mobile device;
• and
• wherein a user to identify the location of the first mobile device using the location information sent to the second mobile device.