When an entity forwards a document to one his correspondents, he doesn't control the diffusion of these documents to a third party.
When the issuer passes a correction on to his correspondent, he cannot make it to any third party that have a copy of the first document because he doesn't know them. The issuer must hope therefore that his correspondent will pass corrections to the third party. And he must hope that this third party also passes these corrections on to the other entities on to which they have themselves passed a copy. Even in the case where all protagonists would be conscientious and honest, it is likely that the diffusion of the correction is not assured. Besides, unwillingness of some protagonists to do it may happen, as they would easily pass a bill on to their accounting but may omit to pass a voucher.

With our process, all these operations are automated.

Every time a protagonist will receive a certified copy of the initial document, he will be able to ask for an exact duplicate directly from the issuer and to set himself as a carrier by the issuer. Thus the issuer will automatically identify the applicant as owner of a copy of his document. Besides, he will not only forward an electronic copy of the document to the applicant but will also be able to send worthwhile related information, like analytic decomposition of the invoice if the applicant is an accountant, general conditions of sale if he/she is a jurist, user guide (possibly translated) if he/she is a user, etc…

We call a classical copy of a document a "Classical copy" and for a copy using our processing with link to the electronic original a "Self Authenticating" copy.

In the illustration here, Actor 1 is the issuer of a document in January to the attention of his correspondent Actor 2. Actor 1 provides "Self Authenticating" copy to Actor 2. Actor 2 provides himself "Self Authenticating" copies of this document to Actor 3 and Actor 4. In the same way, Actor 4 provides a "Self authenticating" copy to Actor 5. Actor 5 provides also "Self authenticating" copy to Actor 6 and a "Classical copy" to Actor 7. Actor 3, Actor 4, Actor 5 and Actor 6 were able to make them identified by Actor 1. Actor 7 didn't make it or the copy that he received from Actor 5 is not "Self Authenticating" copy (Actor 5 not wanting it). An Actor with a "Self authenticating" copy can also refuse to be identified as the owner of a copy by Actor 1.

In March Actor 1 must distribute to Actor 2 a complementary document to the one sent in January. Then he can easily send the electronic version of this document also to Actor 3, Actor 4, Actor 5 and Actor 6 identified as owners of the document passed in January. This way, in the broad sense, updating a document between interlocutors having no real ties between them is instantaneous. Likewise, Actor 3, Actor 4, Actor 5 and Actor 6 will then be able to ask Actor 1 any complementary documents relative to the initial one thanks to the thus generated ties. Actor 1 will even be able to get paid in some cases.