A information assistance application is disclosed for use in a wireless
communication environment. A requestor terminal is operable to generate a
request for an information record associated with a subscriber terminal.
The request is transmitted from the requestor terminal to an information
assistance application server. The information assistance application
server processes the request to determine the identity of the person for
whom information has been requested and to determine how to contact the
subscriber terminal. A message is generated and sent to the subscriber
terminal requesting permission to provide the requester terminal with the
requested information. If the subscriber terminal replies with an
indication that the information may be provided, then the information
application server generates a message that includes the information
being requested and transmits it to the requestor terminal.