SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WORKFLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH A DOCUMENT EXCHANGED BETWEEN A FIRST SERVICE PROVIDER AND A SECOND SERVICE PROVIDER

摘要

A system and method manages workflows exchanges a document between a first server associated with a first service provider and a second server associated with a second service provider over a network. A first workflow engine associated with the first service provider is configured to apply the document to a first workflow based on a first set of rules. A second workflow engine associated with the second service provider is configured to apply the document to a second workflow based a second set of rules. The first and second workflow engines run the first workflow at first service provider asynchronous to the second workflow at the second service provider. The system and method transports a document between the first service provider and second service provider. A first server encrypts the document to create an encrypted document and append an unencrypted header to the encrypted document. The header comprises a pairwise relationship identifier.