Patent attributes
Various embodiments disclosed herein are related to an apparatus. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a processor and a memory. In some embodiments, the memory includes programmed instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive an indication that an entity state of an entity has been updated, and, in response to receiving the indication that the entity has been updated, determine that the number of updates of the entity within a time period exceeds a threshold. In some embodiments, the memory includes the programmed instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine that the time period has expired, and, in response to determining that the time period has expired, collect the entity state of the entity.