US 12,113,677 B2
Efficient transfer of collected discovery data
Steven W. Francis, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to ServiceNow, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by ServiceNow, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/095,737.
Prior Publication US 2024/0235942 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/085 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 41/085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying a plurality of different collection groups of computer system attributes, wherein the computer system attributes have been assigned to the plurality of different collection groups based at least in part on historical change behaviors of the computer system attributes weighed at least based on recency, and wherein an update to the plurality of different collection groups is initiated based at least in part on a determination that a change frequency of at least one of the plurality of different collection groups exceeds a threshold;
obtaining a first digest value associated with a first collection group of the plurality of different collection groups;
determining a second digest value associated with the first collection group by performing a discovery scan of the first collection group, wherein the second digest value is based on discovered values of the computer system attributes of the first collection group;
determining that the first digest value is different from the second digest value;
preparing an indication that at least one or more attribute values of the first collection group have changed from a previously collected data of the first collection group; and
providing the indication and at least a subset of the discovered values of the computer system attributes of the first collection group included in the plurality of different collection groups.