In an information assistance system, when a first party calls the service to
request
a communications number (i.e., phone number) of a second party, an indicator of
the second party, such as the second party's name, is inserted into an event record
to be provided to a billing platform. The indicator may also be the second party's
address, instead of or along with the second party's name. The name may thereby
be readily provided in a bill for the call. In a carrier network, the name of a
second party called by a first party is inserted in an event record, so that the
second party's name may be included in a bill for the call. The name may be determined
by submitting the second party's communications number, which may be derived from
call set up signals, to a database correlating communications numbers with corresponding
parties' names. This may take place while the communication is being connected.
Methods and systems are disclosed.