Patent ID: 8526282

Claim:
A method for managing the replication of content recording media, said method including the steps of: (a) receiving, from a requestor, a request for one or more unique identifiers, said request indicating at least a requested number of unique identifiers, identification of the requestor and identification of a content for which the unique identifiers are requested; (b) assigning to the requestor at least the requested number of unique identifiers and returning the assigned unique identifiers to the requestor; (c) storing a record in a database for each of the unique identifiers returned in (b), each record indicating for the corresponding unique identifier returned in (b) a first status indicating that the unique identifier has been returned; (d) receiving a notice from the requestor including a second status indicating, for each unique identifier that is recorded to an acceptable medium after having been returned in (b), that the unique identifier has been used; (e) updating the record in the database for each of the unique identifiers included in the notice received in (d) from the requestor to indicate the second status; and (f) causing, for future requests, unique identifiers having a record indicating the first status or second status to not be returned to a future requestor.