Method and apparatus for dynamic voice response messages

1. A computing device implemented method for generating dynamic voice response messages in a mobile computing device, the computer implemented method comprising:

responsive to receiving an incoming phone call on the mobile computing device from a caller,

identifying a category of callers associated with the caller based on an identity of the caller;

responsive to not identifying a category of callers associated with the caller, sending a default response message to the caller;

responsive to identifying a category of callers associated with the caller, selecting a set of response messages for display from a plurality of response messages based on the identified category of callers associated with the caller, wherein each response message in the set of response messages is presented to a user in a menu;

displaying the set of response messages in a display of the mobile computing device, wherein the set of response messages includes two or more response messages;

receiving a selection of a response message from the set of response messages that includes a return call time, wherein the return call time indicates a time when the user will return calls, and wherein each response message in the set of response messages includes a time duration until the user will return a call;

identifying a response message in the set of response messages that includes a time duration corresponding to an estimated time difference between a time the incoming phone call was received and the return call time; and

sending the identified response message to the caller.

2. A computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code stored therein for generating dynamic voice response messages in a mobile computing device, the computer program product comprising:

computer-executable program code for identifying a category of callers associated with a caller based on an identity of the caller in response to receiving an incoming phone call on the mobile computing device from the caller;

computer-executable program code for sending a default response message to the caller in response to not identifying a category of callers associated with the caller;

computer-executable program code for selecting a set of response messages for display from a plurality of response messages based on the identified category of callers associated with the caller in response to identifying a category of callers associated with the caller, wherein each response message in the set of response messages is presented to a user in a menu;

computer-executable program code for displaying the set of response messages in a display of the mobile computing device, wherein the set of response messages includes two or more response messages;

computer-executable program code for receiving a selection of a response message from the set of response messages that includes a return call time, wherein the return call time indicates a time when the user will return calls, and wherein each response message in the set of response messages includes a time duration until the user will return a call;

computer-executable program code for identifying a response message in the set of response messages that includes a time duration corresponding to an estimated time difference between a time the incoming phone call was received and the return call time; and

computer-executable program code for sending the identified response message to the caller.

3. An apparatus for generating dynamic voice response messages in a mobile computing device, the apparatus comprising:

a bus;

a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains a computer usable program product;

a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit executes the computer usable program product to identify a category of callers associated with a caller based on an identity of the caller in response to receiving an incoming phone call on the mobile computing device from the caller; send a default response message to the caller in response to not identifying a category of callers associated with the caller; select a set of response messages for display from a plurality of response messages based on the identified category of callers associated with the caller in response to identifying a category of callers associated with the caller, wherein each response message in the set of response messages is presented to a user in a menu; display the set of response messages in a display of the mobile computing device, wherein the set of response messages includes two or more response messages; receive a selection of a response message from the set of response messages that includes a return call time, wherein the return call time indicates a time when the user will return calls, and wherein each response message in the set of response messages includes a time duration until the user will return a call; identify a response message in the set of response messages that includes a time duration corresponding to an estimated time difference between a time the incoming phone call was received and the return call time; and send the identified response message to the caller.