Use Cases
Mr. Zhao is a Professor at Shandong University and travels extensively. He supervises several PhD students who need to interact with him regularly. Professor Bao's travel schedule made that a challenging task. By setting up a Virtual Office on his web page, Professor Bao has fixed "Office Hours" within the Virtual Office, and his students can come and talk to him whenever they need to, no matter where Professor Bao might be.

AH #1 Hospital installed 10 Virtual Offices on its website. These Virtual Offices are used for directing patients to the right doctors. Any patient can talk, from home, with an online consultant in one of the Virtual Offices on the hospital website to get an idea of whom to see at the hospital. The consultant can also show informational videos and pictures about the suggested doctor.

Mr. Jack Zhao is a regional sales manager for a large company with five salesmen reporting to him. Because his team covers a large geographical area, getting together for regular meetings is challenging. Now, with an installed Virtual Office, Mr. Zhao and his team of salesmen meet every morning at the start of the day for 30 minutes within his Virtual Office, keeping everyone on the team up-to-date and informed.

EletricBike, Inc. sells electric bikes. Their customers are scattered around the city. In the past, customer support was done through the telephone but customers found it difficult to communicate about technical issues. With the use of IKain's Virtual Office and its video conferencing, customers can easily ask and resolve detailed technical questions. Customers also visit the

Tak, a native of China, is studying in Australia. Tak's Mom wants to talk to him often, but she hesitates to make phone calls. It is not just the bill. It is also hard to tell when it is a good time to call. Now, Tak's mother is hooked on the Internet. She will constantly check into Tak's Virtual Office. When he is in they talk together, and if he is not in, she just leaves him a message.

Dazhi is a consulting company with a focus on company finances. Dazhi is using Virtual Office to greatly expand its geographic reach, cost effectively providing its expertise to clients that are many hours travel time away. Increasing the customer base without incurring substantial travel expenses has solidly increased corporate profits.



