Inspiration of cloud input method-full use of core advantages and Product Innovation

 

I recently saw a message, sogou launched the "cloud input method", and I was trying it for the first time. I still felt very good, especially when I thought I had used ubuntu.
But there is no good Pinyin input method. Or, when using some set-top boxes and other devices, Chinese input is also a big problem. The birth of sogou cloud's input method means that there may be useful input methods in the future where there are networks and browsers.

However, I pay more attention to the value that the input method brings to sogou. After using the sogou Input Method to occupy a client position, the viscosity of the input method is obviously not large enough. No way like QQ
In this way
Qq
To constantly imitate and seize the market share of other mature client software. Such a thing also happens on other client software, such as thunder's attempt to do
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Without success, storm audio and video products cannot be derived from other categories of successful products through a video playing software.

However, sogou's input method also gives Sohu many advantages. For example, through the analysis of user input text, sogou can quickly learn about the hot spots of netizens and provide better services. That is to say, the input method +
Network, so that sogou can better understand user needs. The expression of any opinion or comment must first pass through the input method. Therefore, in this sense, the core value of the input method is that it provides a platform to quickly understand the needs, thoughts, and opinions of Chinese netizens.

The cloud input method is an extension of this value. All input content is processed, stored, and analyzed through servers.

But we can also think about whether the advantages of sogou's input method can be applied in other fields to obtain value. Here is an example for reference: Wang Han. Hanwang's core technology is "handwriting recognition", in order to convert this core technology into commercial value. The original authorization is not enough. As a result, Han Wang constantly explored how to convert this core technology into products. From the tablet, hand-written phone, hand-written computer to the current Reader with hand-written phone, all follow this idea.

How to convert core technologies into more valuable products is also a direction to be considered. The following is a simple example:

I. In the field of education and learning, if there is a portable device that combines easy-to-use input methods with the full keyboard to take notes, similar to the foreign alphasmart Dana
Such products should also have a large market among writers, journalists and students.

II. For example, Sina's Weibo has been booming recently. Sina still emphasizes its star advantage. However, Sohu may also be able to use the sogou Input Method to connect to a Weibo application. As long as you think of a sentence, as long as you want to say, do not need to open the browser, do not need to open notepad, do not need to open the mail, as long as you start the input method, enter a sentence +
A shortcut key can be published on your own Weibo. By that time, tens of millions of users may become users of Sohu Weibo.

Of course, sogou is a network company after all. sogou's input method can become a magic weapon for Sohu on the network.