Image map: Alternative for password based authentication

Abstract

In the world today there are millions of websites and other web applications which operate with customizations to the user using the user account registration. This naturally requires a user name or a unique ID like email address and a password. This kind of authentication is being employed from days past to invention of authentication systems. But today with many such websites it has become a herculean task to remember the passwords of each and every sites. There are solutions like writing down or noting on any electronic device but these has equal physical chances of being revealed. So there is a need for a brand new authentication techniques which are better than existing ones and are easy to implement. Image map is one such an alternative that can replace traditional systems. This technique makes use of images taken from users during registration and certain number of points on one exclusive image from taken set of images.