Action consolidation using hash table

摘要

One embodiment relates to a method of action consolidation so as to avoid duplicative actions. A hash function is applied to a unique value relating to event-related data so as to create a hash key, and the hash key is used in determining whether duplicate data is already present in a hash table. A new hash entry with the event-related data is added to the hash table if duplicate data is absent from the hash table. Other embodiments are also disclosed.