Mediation of wakeword response for multiple devices

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor that receives a first audio input representing an acoustic signal;
• and
• memory storing program instructions, the processor executing the program instructions to:
• determine that the first audio input comprises a wakeword;
• send a first data packet comprising a first device identifier to an access point device communicatively coupled to the computing device;
• receive, at a first time, a second data packet from the access point device, the second data packet including the first device identifier;
• receive, at a second time, a third packet comprising a second device identifier, the third packet representing that a second device had obtained a second audio input representing the acoustic signal and had determined the second audio input comprises the wakeword;
• determine that the second data packet includes the first device identifier;
• determine that the first time precedes the second time;
• determine that the first audio input further comprises a command responsive to determining that the second data packet includes the first device identifier and that the first time precedes the second time;
• and
• process the command.

A method, comprising:

• identifying a wakeword in a first audio input of a computing device disposed within an audible range of an acoustic signal, the first audio input representing the acoustic signal as detected by the computing device;
• determining a first quality value of the first audio input;
• generating a first data packet comprising the first quality value;
• sending, at a first time, the first data packet to a first remote device over a first communication channel;
• receiving, at a second time, a second data packet from the remote device, the second data packet comprising a second quality value generated from a corresponding remote audio input of one or more remote audio inputs representing the acoustic signal obtained by the first remote device disposed in the audible range;
• determining that the first quality value is greater than or equal to second quality value of the one or more remote quality values;
• determining that the first time precedes the second time;
• determining that the first audio input further comprises a command responsive to determining that the first quality value is greater than or equal to the second quality value and that that the first time precedes the second time;
• and
• processing the command.