Abstract: A system and method in a mobile communication network for providing enhanced user privacy when responding to a location request from a client requesting location information for a mobile terminal. The system includes a mobile location node, a service node serving the mobile terminal, and a home location register/home subscriber server (HLR/HSS) associated with the mobile terminal. A list of approved codewords and a list of approved service types are stored in the HLR/HSS, and only location requests that include approved codewords or service types from these lists are accepted by the system. The mobile location node may also store a list of approved service identities, and may reject location requests that do not include a service identity matching one of the approved service identities. A mapping function in the mobile location node maps service identities to service types and sends them to the HLR/HSS or to the service node for comparison with approved service types.

Abstract: A system and method in a mobile communication network for providing enhanced user privacy when responding to a location request from a client requesting location information for a mobile terminal. The system includes a mobile location node, a service node serving the mobile terminal, and a home location register/home subscriber server (HLR/HSS) associated with the mobile terminal. A list of approved codewords and a list of approved service types are stored in the HLR/HSS, and only location requests that include approved codewords or service types from these lists are accepted by the system. The mobile location node may also store a list of approved service identities, and may reject location requests that do not include a service identity matching one of the approved service identities. A mapping function in the mobile location node maps service identities to service types and sends them to the HLR/HSS or to the service node for comparison with approved service types.