Mobile device self-identification system

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a microphone of a mobile device, an oral statement of a user-specified query and a corresponding user-specified response phrase, wherein the user-specified response phrase includes a user name to assist the user with identifying the mobile device;
• detecting, using the microphone of the mobile device, an ambient sound signal;
• determining that a source of the ambient sound signal is an authorized user of the mobile device;
• and
• in response to determining that the source of the ambient sound signal is an authorized user of the mobile device:
• determining, at the mobile device, that the ambient sound signal includes the oral statement of the user-specified query;
• and
• emitting the user-specified response phrase associated with the user-specified query from an audio speaker of the mobile device.

A mobile device comprising:

• a microphone;
• an audio speaker;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor among the one or more processors, causes the mobile device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving at the microphone an oral statement of a user-specified query and a corresponding user-specified response phrase, wherein the user-specified response phrase includes a user name to assist the user with identifying the mobile device;
• detecting an ambient sound signal at the microphone;
• determining that the ambient sound signal includes the oral statement of the user-specified query;
• emitting the user-specified response phrase corresponding to the user-specified query from the audio speaker;
• receiving at the microphone user input defining a second oral query;
• and
• emitting an answer to the second oral query from the audio speaker.