Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an un-stretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an un-stretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an un-stretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an un-stretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an unstretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing authorized remote access to one or more application sessions includes a client node, a collection agent, a policy engine, and a session server. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered information, and makes an access control decision based on the received information. The session server establishes a connection between a client computer operated by the user and the one or more application sessions associated with the user of the client node identified in response to the received information.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for reconnecting a client and providing user authentication across a reliable and persistent communication session. The method includes providing a first connection between a client and first protocol service and a second connection between the first protocol service and a host service. The first protocol service detects a disruption in the first connection. The client re-establishes the first connection between the client and the first protocol service while maintaining the second connection between the first protocol service and the host service. The first protocol service receives a ticket associated with the client and validates the ticket. The first protocol service links the re-established first connection to the maintained second connection after the ticket is validated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing authorized remote access to one or more application sessions includes a client node, a collection agent, a policy engine, and a session server. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered information, and makes an access control decision based on the received information. The session server establishes a connection between a client computer operated by the user and the one or more application sessions associated with the user of the client node identified in response to the received information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing authorized remote access to one or more application sessions includes a client node, a collection agent, a policy engine, and a session server. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered information, and makes an access control decision based on the received information. The session server establishes a connection between a client computer operated by the user and the one or more application sessions associated with the user of the client node identified in response to the received information.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for reconnecting a client and providing user authentication across a reliable and persistent communication session. A first protocol that encapsulates a plurality of secondary protocols is used to communicate over a network. A first protocol service, using the first protocol, provides session persistence and a reliable connection between a client and a host service. When there is a disruption in the network connection between a client and a host service when a client roams between networks, the connection is reestablished and the client's network connection is maintained thru a change in a network identifier assigned to the client.

Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for reestablishing client communications by securely traversing network components using an encapsulating communication protocol to provide session persistence and reliability. A first protocol that encapsulates a plurality of secondary protocols is used to communicate over a network to provide session persistence and a reliable connection between a client and a host service via a first protocol service. A ticket authority generates a first ticket and a second ticket associated with the client. The first ticket is provided to the client and the client uses the first ticket to establish a communication session with the first protocol service. The second ticket is provided to the first protocol service and the first protocol service uses the second ticket to establish a communication session with the host service.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for reconnecting a client and providing user authentication across a reliable and persistent communication session. The method includes providing a first connection between a client and first protocol service and a second connection between the first protocol service and a host service. The first protocol service detects a disruption in the first connection. The client re-establishes the first connection between the client and the first protocol service while maintaining the second connection between the first protocol service and the host service. The first protocol service receives a ticket associated with the client and validates the ticket. The first protocol service links the re-established first connection to the maintained second connection after the ticket is validated.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for reconnecting a client and providing user authentication across a reliable and persistent communication session. A first protocol that encapsulates a plurality of secondary protocols is used to communicate over a network. A first protocol service, using the first protocol, provides session persistence and a reliable connection between a client and a host service. When there is a disruption in the network connection between a client and a host service, the connection is reestablished and the user's session with the host service is maintained through the connection being reestablished.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for reconnecting a client and providing user authentication across a reliable and persistent communication session. A first protocol that encapsulates a plurality of secondary protocols is used to communicate over a network. A first protocol service, using the first protocol, provides session persistence and a reliable connection between a client and a server. An operation may be executed or transacted between the client and the server. When there is a disruption in the network connection between the client and the server that interrupts the operation, the connection is automatically reestablished and the operation is continued.