Patent ID: 9197519
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking an object in a domain using a tracking server, comprising: the tracking server receiving an object identifier and an interval identifier of the object from an agent, wherein the agent obtains the object identifier and the interval identifier by accessing a storage; the tracking server determining whether the object identifier has been previously stored in a database when the object identifier does not equal zero, wherein the database is accessed by the tracking server; the tracking server identifying the object as a copy when the object identifier has been previously stored in the database and the interval identifier is less than a previously stored interval identifier associated with the previously stored object identifier; the tracking server replacing the object identifier with a newly generated object identifier and setting the interval identifier equal to zero, when either the object identifier equals zero or the object has been identified as a copy; and the tracking server incrementing the interval identifier.