Patent ID: 7895246

Claim:
One or more computer storage media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method for organizing information, the method comprising: receiving from a user at an electronic collection bin an electronic information item that comprises text embodied as a first item type; determining that the text includes a combination of a subject, a date, a time, and a location; matching the combination of the subject, the date, the time, and the location to a known combination of categories, wherein, based on past behavior of the user, which includes manual conversion to an appointment, the known combination is defined to comprise elements of an appointment item type; responsive to the matching of the combination to the known combination, presenting to a user the text, which was included in the electronic information item, together with a suggestion that the text be transformed to an appointment item; receiving a user selection of the suggestion; and creating the appointment item, which includes the text embodied as the appointment item type, wherein the appointment item is organized in an electronic information management tool other than the collection bin.