8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the loca- tionentity (40)usesthe connectionestablished from the client application (30) to the location entity (40) in the redirecting step (III) for the interaction with a person (20) during the acquisition step (IV). 

9. The methodaccordingtoclaims1, wherein a release of personal information to the requesting entity (50) comprises the steps of: 

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the differ- ent attribute values are presented differently, pref- erably in different colors. 

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ac- quiring step (IV) further comprises the steps of: 

12. A computer program comprising program means for performing a method of any one of the claims 1 to 11 when said program is run on a com- puter. 

13. A computer program product stored on a computer usable medium, comprising computer readable pro- gram means for causing a computer to perform a method according to any one of thepreceding claims 1 to 11. 

14. A system for providing an identity-related informa- tion, the system comprising a location entity (40) possessing the identity- related information; a client application (30) connectable to the location entity (40); and a requesting entity (50) adapted to request from the 

presenting an information about the requesting entity (50); 

presenting a pre-authorized attribute va and/or a not pre- authorized attribute val ue knowntothelocationentity(40),and/or present- ing, for an unknown attribute value, a attribute name assigned to an empty field for entering a respective attribute value; requesting for editing the attribute values; and sending the edited attribute values to the re- questing entity (50). 

generating a random value (k) by the location entity (40); 

sending the randomvalue (k) bythe location en- tity to the requestingentity(50)on the samecon- nection as the identity-related information ; sending the random value (k) to the client appli- cation (30) to enable the client application (30) to prove its authenticity with respect to the iden- tity-related information to the requesting entity (50). 

client application (30)a locationinformation thatcor- responds to the location entity (40) possessing the identity-related information, wherein, based on a re- sponse to the request the client application (30) is redirected to the location entity (40) in order to in- struct the location entity (40) to transfer the identity- related information to the requesting entity (50), whereinthe location entity(40) contactsthe request- ing entity (50), the requesting entity (50) requests the identity-related information, and the requesting entity (50) receives the identity-related information from the location entity (40). 

15. The system according to claim 14 wherein the client application (30) interacts with several location enti- ties (40, 42). 

16. The systemaccording to claim14, wherein the iden- tity-related information is provided by a further loca- tion entity (42) and is obtainable by the requesting entity (50) via the location entity (40), the location information of the further location entity (42) being stored on the location entity (40). 

## Patentansprüche 

1. Verfahren zum Bereitstellen einer identitätsbezoge- nen Information an eine anfordernde Einheit (50), wobei das Verfahren Folgendes umfasst: 

einen Standort-Anforderungsschritt (II), der von der anfordernden Einheit (50) eingeleitet wird, um von einer Client-Anwendung (30), die auf einem Rechner ausgeführt wird, eine Informati- on über einen Standort anzufordern, die einer Standort-Einheit (40) entspricht, welche die identitätsbezogene Information besitzt, wobei die Information über den StandortineinemTeil- schritt (IIc) des Standort- Anforderungsschritts (II) an die anfordernde Einheit (50) gesendet wird; einen Schritt des Umleitens (III), um die Client- Anwendung (30) mit der Standort-Einheit (40) zu verbinden, um die Standort-Einheit (40) an- zuweisen, die identitätsbezogene Information an die anfordernde Einheit (50) zu übermitteln; und einen Schritt des Erwerbens (IV), um die iden- titätsbezogene Information zu erhalten, wobei der Erwerbsschritt Folgendes umfasst: 

einen Schritt der Kontaktaufnahme(IVa), in dem die Standort- Einheit (40)mit der anfor- dernden Einheit (50) in Kontakt tritt; einen Schritt des Anforderns (IVc), in dem die anfordernde Einheit (50) die identitäts- bezogene Information von der Standort- 

