Patent ID: 7707642

Claim:
A machine-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a client by a document archive server system, a request relating to an electronic document associated with a document tracking system, wherein the request is for generation of an audit-enabled document, and wherein the electronic document is stored in a first data repository communicatively coupled with the document archive server system; retrieving, from an audit information server system by the document archive server system in response to the request, actions-taken information associated with the electronic document and maintained by the document tracking system, the actions-taken information comprising information stored separate from the electronic document in a second data repository communicatively coupled with the audit information server system, the actions taken information describing actions taken with respect to the electronic document; generating, by the document archive server system, a signed, audit-enabled document, which includes the actions-taken information, wherein the generating comprises combining and signing the electronic document and the actions-taken information, in response to the retrieving; and providing, by the document archive server system, the signed document to enable access to the actions-taken information independent of the document tracking system.