Simplified calendar event creation

A system comprising:

• a display for presenting information to a user;
• an input device for receiving input from the user;
• one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the display and the input device, that facilitates creation of a calendar event by causing steps to be performed comprising:
• providing a user interface for data entry comprising an area for data entry;
• receiving a string of non-structured data displayed in the area for data entry;
• and
• generating a calendar event entry by:
• searching the string of non-structured data for readily-identified data;
• responsive to identifying readily-identified data in the string of non-structured data, adding at least some of the readily-identified data to the calendar event entry and removing the readily-identified data from the string of non-structured data;
• parsing the remaining data in the string of non-structured data using natural language processing;
• and
• responsive to extracting information using natural language processing relevant to the calendar event entry, adding the extracted information to the calendar event entry.

A computer-implemented method for creating a calendar event, the method comprising:

• receiving from a user a string of non-structured data comprising calendar event information;
• and
• generating a structured event data file by:
• searching the string of non-structured data for readily-identified data;
• responsive to identifying readily-identified data in the string of non-structured data related to a calendar event:
• providing a prompt interface, via a display device, to the user that facilitates creating an entry into a calendar application of the calendar event;
• responsive to the user affirmatively indicating to create the calendar event, adding at least some of the readily-identified data to the structured event data file;
• parsing the remaining data in the string of non-structured data using natural language processing;
• and
• responsive to extracting information using natural language processing that is relevant to the entry, adding at least some of the extracted information to the structured event data file.