| CPC G06F 3/0233 (2013.01) | 16 Claims |

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1. An information input method, comprising:
generating, by a system of a cloud input method, an input method startup instruction according to received indication information, wherein the indication information is generated when a focus of an information input box is acquired, and the indication information indicates a type of information to be input, the type of information being text and numbers, wherein the input method startup instruction comprises text to be displayed in a current information input box, an input method type and an operation identifier corresponding to at least one functional operation, wherein the input method type and the operation identifier are used to indicate starting up of a corresponding input method and display of an input method interface, and wherein the input method interface comprises a candidate up-screen area, an information input control corresponding to the input method type, and a functional operation control corresponding to the operation identifier;
sending, by the system of the cloud input method, the input method startup instruction, wherein the input method startup instruction is used to startup a local input method;
receiving, by the system of the cloud input method, text content, wherein the text content is content input by using the local input method; and
submitting, by the system of the cloud input method, the text content to the information input box for display, wherein the submitting the text content to the information input box for display comprises replacing the text to be displayed in the information input box with the text content.
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