Before the advent of e-commerce in the transportation sector, hailing a cab to commute within a city or outside of it was tiresome and expensive. Cabs needed to be hired from a taxi stand or at random from the road. Tracking their availability was tedious as well. With the popularity of smart mobility apps, companies such as Uber, have completely changed the way we book and hire cabs.
Uber Technologies Inc. is a global taxi technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. It develops, markets, and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps. The company was founded in 2009 by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick.
Uber currently operates in 633 cities worldwide. As of December 2017, the company was valued at $48 billion. This report studies Uber’s patent assets that are currently in force. It provides insights into various aspects of Uber’s patent portfolio along with a portfolio taxonomy. The findings of the report have been referenced in a post by the IAM Blog on March 20, 2018.
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