Rename Lightroom 4.4 imported images with unique numbers?

I want to rename images imported from a card into Lightroom 4.4 with a single set of initials followed by a sequence of unique numbers. I would like the number sequence to continue from one import to the next. However, each time I start a new import, Lightroom starts again at 00001. Is there a way to instruct Lightroom to automatically continue the renumbering sequence from one import to the next WITHOUT manually resetting the "start" number each time?

What you described was my filenaming convention exactly, for a long while.
I constructed the unique numbers using:
shoot-name (enter number)
file-number (aka filename-number-suffix).
Pros: accomplishes the goal, and filenames are *very* short.
Cons: you have to manually manage job shoot number in case image-number rolls over.
If Lightroom supported folder number, then all would be well, since unique number would simply be:
{folder-number}{file-number}.
But, Lightroom doesn't (support folder number).
My new filenaming convention assures uniqueness using a combination of date-time and some other stuff:
{date}{photographer-initials}{time}{camera-designation}{image-number}.{extension}
Pros: supported by Lr native filenaming features (although I don't use Import dialog box for importing, nor native Lightroom for naming). And, alphabetical order is same as capture time order, except divvied by photographer (note: *not* divvied by camera photographer used, unless both were used during the same second).
Cons: *very* verbose, and not very readable.
So to answer your question more specifically: No: I'm not aware of any sequence number which accomplishes your goal exactly, but yes: there is a way without it.
Rob

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