# Uber Technologies Inc — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Uber Technologies Inc has 3 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Uber Manages Data Connections for Self-Driving Car Fleets](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10050760/uber-eats) — granted 2018
  A system that splits network traffic for autonomous vehicles by sending heavy data over cheap channels while reserving a highly reliable channel specifically for delivery confirmations.
- [How Uber Calculates Ride-Pooling Times to Keep Detours Reasonable](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9939279/uber-eta-prediction) — granted 2018
  Uber's 2015 patent on matching multiple riders into a single shared vehicle by calculating whether the detour will keep everyone's arrival times within an acceptable limit compared to a private ride.
- [How Uber Updates App Features for Specific Groups of Users](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9888087/uber-pool) — granted 2018
  A system that automatically changes how an app looks or behaves for some users based on their location or device, while leaving other users' apps unchanged.

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