Patents by Inventor Josef Coetsee

Josef Coetsee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing access to content
    Patent number: 8484316
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for providing access to content via messaging services, such as email, voicemail, instant messaging, text messaging, or other similar messaging services. A content server is provided that includes a user interface, a web server and a file. The web server includes a web page for accessing the file. A user provides user information associated with a messaging address via the user interface, and the content server then sends a message including the web address of the web page to the messaging address. The user may then retrieve the message at a client computer, and may then download the file to the client computer by entering the web address into a web browser on the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Josef Coetsee
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO CONTENT
    Publication number: 20120182570
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for providing access to content via messaging services, such as email, voicemail, instant messaging, text messaging, or other similar messaging services. A content server is provided that includes a user interface, a web server and a file. The web server includes a web page for accessing the file. A user provides user information associated with a messaging address via the user interface, and the content server then sends a message including the web address of the web page to the messaging address. The user may then retrieve the message at a client computer, and may then download the file to the client computer by entering the web address into a web browser on the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Michael ROBINSON, Josef Coetsee
  • Methods and apparatus for providing access to content
    Patent number: 8171103
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for providing access to content via messaging services, such as email, voicemail, instant messaging, text messaging, or other similar messaging services. A content server is provided that includes a user interface, a web server and a file. The web server includes a web page for accessing the file. A user provides user information associated with a messaging address via the user interface, and the content server then sends a message including the web address of the web page to the messaging address. The user may then retrieve the message at a client computer, and may then download the file to the client computer by entering the web address into a web browser on the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Josef Coetsee
  • Methods and apparatus for providing access to content
    Publication number: 20060080384
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for providing access to content via messaging services, such as email, voicemail, instant messaging, text messaging, or other similar messaging services. A content server is provided that includes a user interface, a web server and a file. The web server includes a web page for accessing the file. A user provides user information associated with a messaging address via the user interface, and the content server then sends a message including the web address of the web page to the messaging address. The user may then retrieve the message at a client computer, and may then download the file to the client computer by entering the web address into a web browser on the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Josef Coetsee