Authenticating users using localization of speech or correlations in audio data

A computing device comprising:

• a microphone array;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured with instructions operable to:
• receive audio data at a first device, the audio data decoded using the microphone array;
• determine that the audio data includes an audio sequence relating to an information request;
• send a first device signal;
• receive a second device signal via the microphone array responsive to the first device signal;
• verify that the second device signal was sent from a direction of a voice associated with the audio sequence, the second device signal including an identifier associated with a second device;
• and
• establish a wireless connection with the second device using the identifier.

A method comprising:

• receiving first audio data associated with a first device;
• determining that the first audio data includes a first audio sequence relating to an information request;
• establishing a wireless connection with a second device;
• requesting second audio data from a second device via the wireless connection, the second audio data including a second audio sequence;
• verifying that the first audio sequence correlates to the second audio sequence;
• and
• in response to verifying that the first audio sequence correlates to the second audio sequence, sending or receiving information relating to the information request between the first device and the second device via the wireless connection.

A computing device comprising:

• a microphone;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured with instructions operable to:
• receive a first audio data associated with a first device;
• determine that the first audio data includes a first audio sequence relating to an information request;
• establish a wireless connection with a second device;
• request a second audio data from a second device via a wireless connection, the second audio data including a second audio sequence;
• verify that the first audio sequence correlates to the second audio sequence;
• and
• in response to verifying that the first audio sequence correlates to the second audio sequence, send or receive information relating to the information request between the first device and the second device via the wireless connection.