1. A method comprising: communicating a first polling request to a remote device via a network, the first polling request to determine whether a remote data store includes information not stored at a local data store of an information handling system; in response to communicating the first request: determining a first time duration based on a variable usage characteristic of the information handling system, and based on a geographic location of the information handling system, wherein the first time duration is longer when the geographical location of the information handling system is a first location than when the geographical location of the information handling system is a second location; initiating a first timer; and in response to the first timer indicating the first time duration has elapsed, communicating a second polling request to the remote device, wherein the first time duration is a polling rate of the information handling system.