Abstract: A method for simulating movement of a skin associated with a body comprises maintaining, by a computer, a representation of the skin comprising vertices, each vertex of the representation corresponding to a material point of the skin and comprising associated data, the associated data for each vertex comprising: constant body coordinates which represent a location of the material point of the skin relative to the body; and Eulerian skin coordinates specifying which one or more reference skin coordinates from among a set of reference skin coordinates correspond to the vertex at a particular time. Body coordinates and Eulerian skin coordinates may be maintained in two-dimensional spaces, which parameterize the surface of the body and skin.

Abstract: A method for simulating movement of a skin associated with a body comprises maintaining, by a computer, a representation of the skin comprising vertices, each vertex of the representation corresponding to a material point of the skin and comprising associated data, the associated data for each vertex comprising: constant body coordinates which represent a location of the material point of the skin relative to the body; and Eulerian skin coordinates specifying which one or more reference skin coordinates from among a set of reference skin coordinates correspond to the vertex at a particular time. Body coordinates and Eulerian skin coordinates may be maintained in two-dimensional spaces, which parameterize the surface of the body and skin.

Abstract: A Smart DHCP Relay server is formed for receiving all IP address requests, to determine the ISP to which the request should be forwarded, and then to forward the request to the ISP. Accordingly, when the ISP responds, the Smart DHCP Relay generates an IP address for delivery to the user terminal that initiated the request. The user terminal, upon receiving the one response, automatically loads the IP address for use whenever access to the Internet by way of the ISP equipment is desired. The system includes a gateway device that forwards all address requests (DHCPDISCOVER). The Smart DHCP Relay includes a database that maps MAC addresses with corresponding selected IP addresses from a number of ISPs offering a service to the subscribers. The duration that the MAC address is assigned to the IP address provided by the selected ISP is variable. It may be made to last only for a specified session or period. Alternatively, it can be made to last indefinitely.