CPC H04L 65/60 (2013.01) [H04H 60/46 (2013.01); H04H 60/66 (2013.01); H04H 60/74 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.05)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for use in a processing system including a processor and associated memory, the method comprising:
receiving information regarding a work, wherein the information does not include a valid unified numbering system identifier that identifies a particular work of a plurality of works, and wherein the information includes one or more received attributes associated with the work;
obtaining a plurality of sets of attributes from one or more databases associated with the processing system, wherein the plurality of sets of attributes includes a set of attributes associated with each work of the plurality of works;
determining whether a threshold number for a set of attributes of the plurality of sets of attributes matches corresponding ones of the one or more received attributes; and
when the threshold number does not match:
assigning a new unified numbering system identifier associated with the work; and
storing the new unified numbering system identifier in a database of the processing system.
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