System and method of polling with an information handling system

1. A method comprising:

determining an initial polling rate based on a usage characteristic of an information handling system and based on the information handling system being located at a first predefined location while connected to a network;

polling, via the network, a remote data store at the initial polling rate to determine whether the remote data store includes information not stored at a local data store of the information handling system;

adjusting the initial polling rate to a second polling rate based on a change in the usage characteristic of the information handling system and based on the information handling system being located at a second predefined location while connected to the network; and

polling the remote data store at the second polling rate in response to the change in the usage characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the usage characteristic is based on a user profile associated with a user of the information handling system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the usage characteristic is based on a historical usage pattern associated with the information handling system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the usage characteristic is programmable by a user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the usage characteristic is associated with a group of users.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the variable usage characteristic is based on one of a plurality of user classes.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initiating a first timer;

in response to communicating a first request, placing the information handling system in a low-power mode;

in response to the first timer indicating that a first duration has elapsed, placing the information handling system in an active mode to communicate the second polling request; and

in response to communicating a second polling request, returning the information handling system to the low-power mode.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions to manipulate a processor, the program of instructions comprising instructions to:

determine an initial polling rate based on a usage characteristic of an information handling system and based on the information handling system being located at a first predefined location while connected to a network;

poll, via the network, a remote data store at the initial polling rate to determine whether the remote data store includes information not stored at a local data store of the information handling system;

adjust the initial polling rate to a second polling rate based on a change in the usage characteristic of the information handling system and based on the information handling system being located at a second predefined location while connected to the network; and

poll the remote data store at the second polling rate in response to the change in the usage characteristic.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to poll the remote data store comprise instructions to:

place the information handling system in an active mode;

communicate a poll request when the information handling system is in the active mode;

place the information handling system in a low-power mode in response to receiving an answer to the polling request.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the information handling system comprises a first processing system and a second processing system.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the usage characteristic is based on a user profile associated with a user of the information handling system.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the usage characteristic is indicative of a time of day.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to determine the first polling rate comprises determining the first polling rate based on a first usage characteristic of the information handling system.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the remote data store comprises an email data store.

15. An information handling system, comprising:

a memory configured to store information associated with usage characteristics of the information handling system;

a polling module to determine an initial polling rate based on first information associated with first usage characteristics and based on the information handling system being located at a first predefined location while connected to a network, and to determine a second polling rate based on second information associated with the first usage characteristics and based on the information handling system being located at a second predefined location while connected to the network, wherein the second information indicates a change in the first usage characteristics; and

a network interface to communicate polling requests to a network based on the initial polling rate, and to communicate the polling requests to the network based on the second polling rate after a change from the initial polling rate to the second polling rate, wherein the polling requests determine whether a remote data store includes information not stored at a local data store of the information handling system.

16. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the memory is further configured to stored third information associated with a second usage characteristic of the information handling system and wherein the polling module is configured to determine a third polling rate based on the third information.

17. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the first usage characteristic is based on a user profile associated with a user of the information handling system.