Authentication entity for user authentication

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• establishing an authentication relationship between an authentication entity and a remote device;
• evaluating user signals of a user of a first computing device to determine that the user has a threshold likelihood of attempting to access a service provided by the remote device;
• facilitating a biometric authentication challenge provided to the user through the first computing device remote to the remote device;
• determining whether the user successfully authenticated or failed to authenticate through the biometric authentication challenge;
• and
• transmitting a message over a network from the authentication entity to the remote device based upon a result of the biometric authentication challenge, wherein the message specifies that the user either successfully authenticated or failed to authenticate through the biometric authentication challenge.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that when executed cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• establishing an authentication relationship between an authentication computing device and a remote device hosting a service with which a user of a first computing device has an account, wherein the authentication computing device, the first computing device, and the remote device are remotely connected over a network;
• receiving a request by the authentication computing device over the network from the remote device to authenticate the user;
• transmitting a command from the authentication computing device to the first computing device to provide a biometric authentication challenge to the user through the first computing device;
• receiving a result by the authentication computing device over the network from the first computing device of the user attempting to authenticate through the biometric authentication challenge;
• in response to the result indicating successful authentication, transmitting from the authentication computing device over the network to the remote device a success message;
• and
• in response to the result indicating failed authentication, transmitting from the authentication computing device over the network to the remote device a failure message.