Tracking objects within dynamic environments

A system for tracking an object within a domain, comprising:

• a database configured to store object identifiers and associated interval identifiers;
• an identification module configured to:
• receive an object identifier and an interval identifier of the object from storage;
• determine whether the object identifier has been previously stored in the database when the object identifier does not equal zero;
• identify 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 object identifier previously stored;
• replace the object identifier with a newly generated object identifier and set the interval identifier equal to zero, when either the object identifier equals zero or the object has been identified as a copy;
• and
• increment the interval identifier.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having control logic recorded thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method for tracking an object in a domain, the method comprising:

• receiving an object identifier and an interval identifier of the object from storage;
• determining whether the object identifier has been previously stored in a database when the object identifier does not equal zero;
• 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;
• 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
• incrementing the interval identifier.