US Patent 12113677 Efficient transfer of collected discovery data

A collection group of computer system attributes is identified, and a first digest value associated with the collection group is obtained. A second digest value associated with the collection group is determined by performing a discovery scan of the collection group, wherein the second digest value is based on discovered values of the computer system attributes. A determination is made that the first digest value is different from the second digest value and an indication is prepared that one or more attribute values of the collection group have changed from a previously collected data of the collection group. The indication and at least a subset of the discovered values of the computer system attributes are provided.