System and method for identifying parties in bills for communications services

An information assistance communications system, comprising:

• an interface to receive signals to establish a communication with a first party requesting a communications number of a second party;
• and
• a processor coupled to the interface, the processor being programmed to cause generation of an event record related to the communication, the event record including an indicator of the second party.

A method of operating a communications system, comprising:

• processing a communications connection between a first communications device of a first party initiating a communication with a second communications device of a second party;
• and
• generating an event record related to the communication, including the at least one indicator of the second party, during processing of the communications connection.

A communications system, comprising:

• means for processing a communications connection between a first communications device of a first party initiating a communication and a second communications device of a second party;
• and
• means for generating an event record related to the communication, including at least one indicator of the second party, during processing of the communications connection.

A communications system for establishing a communication, comprising:

• an interface to receive signals from a communications device of a first party to process a communications connection with a communications device of a second party;
• and
• a processor programmed to generate an event record including at least one indicator of the second party, during processing of the communications connection.

A method of operating a communications system, comprising:

• establishing a communication connection between a first communications device of a first party and a second communications device of a second party, wherein the first party initiates the communications connection;
• and
• inserting at least one indicator of the second party into an original event record generated by the communications system for the communication.

A method of operating a communications system, comprising:

• connecting an information assistance communication to an information assistance service system, wherein, in the communication, a first party is seeking a communications number of a second party;
• establishing a communications connection between the first party and the second party after the communications number of the second party is identified;
• inserting at least one indicator of the second party into an event record generated by the communications system associated with connecting the first party to the second party, while establishing the communications connection between the first party and the second party.

The method of claim 66, wherein the at least one indicator is at least one of a name and an address of the second party, the method comprising:

• inserting the retrieved indicator into the event record.

A method of generating a billing record for a service provided by a communications system to a first party, the method comprising:

• receiving an event record from the communications system related to the service, the event record including at least one indicator of a second party;
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• creating a billing record including the at least one indicator, based, at least in part, on the event record.