Location request authorization for communication devices

A method of operating a communication system comprising:

• in a wireless communication device, receiving and processing a text message transferred by a location requesting system that includes a location request code and a communication code comprising a text message number assigned to a location receiving system, and in response to the location request code, transferring a location query comprising a first Internet Protocol (IP) message indicating the communication code for delivery to an authorization computer system;
• in the authorization computer system, receiving the location query and processing at least the text message number against authorized text message numbers to determine if the location query should be authorized, and transferring a location authorization comprising a second IP message for delivery to the wireless communication device if the location query should be authorized;
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• in the wireless communication device, receiving and processing the location authorization, and in response, transferring geographic location information for the wireless communication device using the text message number for the location receiving system.