Patent ID: 9569541
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, causes the one or more computing devices to perform a method comprising: providing a user with (1) one or more items of digital content in a digital content display area where the user is permitted to directly manipulate the one or more items of digital content, (2) a separate and simultaneously displayed layout area that simulates a webpage, and (3) a task to perform through the direct manipulations of the one or more items of digital content; recognizing one or more user preferences for a particular digital content type based on the user's direct manipulation of at least one of the one or more items of digital content, wherein the user's direct manipulation includes a user relocating the at least one of the one or more items of digital content from the digital content display area into the separate and simultaneously-displayed layout area simulating the webpage, wherein the one or more user preferences indicate a preference regarding one or more of position, placement, and usage of the particular digital content type as compared to other digital content types, and wherein the particular digital content type corresponds to the at least one of the one or more items of digital content manipulated by the user.