Renaming and numbering files question

Currently I like to bring my image files (named by the camera as something like IMG_4896,IMG_4897,IMG_4898,etc.) into the LR catalog, move the files into a Photo Collection folder, and rename them based on the date taken along with a sequence suffix, e.g. 2007_08_20 -001, 2007_08_20 -002, 2007_08_20 -003, etc. I like this system because I can sort by name in Win Explorer thumbnail view (inside one folder) and can see at a glance when the photo was taken. I find specific subjects using the keywording feature in Bridge or Lightroom.This works fine when I bring images in one date at a time. But if I were to grab a bunch taken on different dates, the sequence number just keeps on going up. I'd like for it to reset to 001 with images taken on different dates. Any way to do that. Not an especially important feature as I am able to work around this, but It would allow me to just dump images into a watched folder and let it go.
Also, after editing a days group of pictures, there will be missing sequence numbers representing the images deleted. It would be great to just be able to move the images into a Finals folder where they would again get renamed, but with continuous sequence numbers that reset when the date prefix changes and no-one would ever know how many I deleted.
To clarify, what I'm after is a final group of files that go something like this:
2007_08_20 -001,
2007_08_20 -002,
2007_08_20 -003,
2007_08_21 -001,
2007_08_21 -002,
2007_08_25 -001
What I'm getting is this:
2007_08_20 -001,
2007_08_20 -002,
2007_08_20 -003,
2007_08_21 -004,
2007_08_21 -005,
2007_08_25 -006
Unless I import only pictures taken on the same date and repeat for other dates.
Thanks.

Not what you are looking for (not sure if what you are looking for IS possible with lightroom), but the approach I took was to incorporate not only the date, but time into the file name as well as append the image number to end. I also add my initials to beginning on image, which allows me to quicky identify if the file is a picture I took or collected from someone else.
I use the following for renaming: CMD {Date (YYYY)>>}-{Date (MM)>>}-{Date (DD)>>} {Hour>>}-{Minute>>}-{Second>>} ({Filename number suffix>>})
This gives me a file name of : CMD 2009-12-05 14-52-05 (5645).dng
Not what you wanted, but does give ability to not only see image by date, but by time of day too and keeps each unique with filename suffix.

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