How can I solve $\begin{equation}\ \begin{cases}xu_x-yu_y=u\\^u|_{\Gamma }\:=\:g\end{cases}\end{equation}$ (Method of Characteristics along curve Γ)?

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$$ \begin{equation} \ \begin{cases} xu_x-yu_y=u, & U=\left\{\left(x,y\right):\:x>0,\:y>1\right\} \\ ^u|_{\Gamma }\:=\:g, & \Gamma =\left\{\left(x,y\right):\:x>0,\:y=1\right\} \end{cases} \end{equation} $$

This is the full PDE with all conditions

We just went through the theory of the Method of Characteristics (we basically did chapter 3.2 in Evan's book), but right now, I don't see a way how to start calculating this as we don't have a parametrization for our curve $\Gamma$ given (or do we?).

And because of that, I don't see a way to apply our "new knowledge" to that problem