Method of operation of mobile wireless communication system with location information

A method of operation of a mobile wireless communications system comprising:

• at a location server, maintaining location information for a mobile device;
• at a requesting entity, sending to the mobile device a request for authorization for receipt of location information;
• sending from the mobile device to the requesting entity an authorization for access to location information, which includes a digital signature verifying the users authorization of access;
• sending a request for location information along with the received authorization from the requesting entity to the location server;
• verifying the digital signature at the location server;
• and
• releasing the location information to the requesting entity if the request is valid.

A communication system comprising:

• a mobile device having a digital signature;
• a location server being effective to maintain location information for the mobile device, the location server having a digital signature verifier for verifying the digital signature of the mobile device;
• and
• a requesting entity coupled to the mobile device and the location server, the requesting entity being effective to send a first request to the mobile device for an authorization to access the location information, receive the authorization which includes the digital signature from the mobile device in response to the first request, send a second request to the location server for the location information along with the authorization received from the mobile device, and receive the location information from the location server in response to the second request after the digital signature has been verified by the location server.