Patent ID: 8381088

Claim:
A method for generating task items from captured content, comprising: receiving an electronic content item, the electronic content item being associated with one of a plurality of sources or software applications; selecting a portion of the electronic content item for generation of a task item; automatically flagging the selected portion of the electronic content item for capturing the flagged portion as the task item; applying one or more metadata items to the selected portion of the electronic content item, the applying the one or more metadata items including: parsing the selected portion of the electronic content item to determine whether one or more components of the selected portion of the electronic content item are associated with the one or more metadata items, if the one or more components of the selected portion of the electronic content item are associated with the one or more metadata items, applying the one or more metadata items to the one or more components of the selected portion of the electronic content item that are associated with the one or more metadata items; displaying a list authoring surface user interface; automatically exporting the selected portion of the electronic content item to the list authoring surface for generation of the task item from the exported selected portion of the electronic content item; generating the task item for the selected portion of the electronic content item and associating the applied one or more metadata items to the generated task item; and displaying the generated task item in the list authoring surface user interface.