Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for providing dynamic replacement communication identification service

A dynamic calling apparatus for providing dynamic replacement communication identification service comprises:

• memory for storing a program for providing a dynamic replacement communication identification;
• and
• a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to:
• receive a request to invoke the dynamic replacement communication identification service from a first communications device utilized by a user, the first communications device being at a current location,
• wherein receiving an invocation of the dynamic replacement communication identification service comprises receiving input of a star key followed by a sequence of numbers and receiving an audible voice request entered from the first communications device, followed by a telephone number of the user, and followed by a password without any prompting;
• authenticate the request to invoke the dynamic replacement communication identification service from the first communications device,
• retrieve a user profile of the user of the first communications device,
• in a first case, provide the user profile of the user in place of a current profile of the current location;
• and
• in a second case, add the user profile of the user to be displayed along with the current profile of the current location in which the current profile of the current location is information of a friend.

A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, for dynamic replacement communication identification service, the computer program product including instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, comprising:

• receiving a request for a dynamic replacement communication identification from a user at a current location;
• wherein receiving the request for the dynamic replacement communication identification comprises receiving an invocation of the dynamic replacement communication identification service by receiving input of a star key followed by a sequence of numbers entered from a communications device, followed by a telephone number of the user, and followed by a password without any prompting;
• authenticating the user requesting the dynamic replacement communication identification;
• retrieving a user profile of the user requesting the dynamic replacement communication identification;
• in a first case, replacing a current profile of the current location with the user profile of the user;
• and
• in a second case, adding the user profile of the user to be displayed along with the current profile of the current location in which the current profile of the current location is information of a friend.