System and Method for Phased Software Update Deployment

A computing device, comprising:

• a communications interface;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• perform a primary deployment to:
• transmit a software update to selected devices of the plurality of devices according to a primary deployment rate for each of a sequence of time windows based on selection a subset of the plurality of devices based on stored activity data and transmission of the updated software to each device in the subset, a number of devices in the subset is limited by a primary subset limit;
• in response to an update promotion condition being satisfied, perform a secondary deployment phase to:
• transmit the software update to further selected devices of the plurality of devices according to a secondary deployment rate exceeding the primary deployment rate for each of a sequence of further time windows based on selection of a further subset of the devices based on stored activity data and transmission of the updated software to each device in the further subset, a number of devices in the further subset is limited by a secondary subset limit greater than the primary subset limit.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:

• perform a primary deployment to:
• transmit the software update to selected devices of the plurality of devices according to a primary deployment rate for each of a sequence of time windows based on selection a subset of the plurality of devices based on stored activity data and transmission of the updated software to each device in the subset, a number of devices in the subset is limited by a primary subset limit;
• in response to an update promotion condition being satisfied, perform a secondary deployment phase to:
• transmit the software update to further selected devices of the plurality of devices according to a secondary deployment rate exceeding the primary deployment rate for each of a sequence of further time windows based on selection of a further subset of the devices based on stored activity data and transmission of the updated software to each device in the further subset, a number of devices in the further subset is limited by a secondary subset limit greater than the primary subset limit.