Patent attributes
A software deployment method in a server includes: obtaining a software update for deployment to a plurality of media processing devices; performing a primary deployment phase by: (i) transmitting the software update to selected media processing devices according to a primary deployment rate; (ii) responsive to the transmission, for each selected media processing device, updating a status indicator representing whether deployment of the software update succeeded; and (iii) determining, based on the status indicators, whether an update promotion condition has been satisfied; in response to determining that the update promotion condition has been satisfied, performing a secondary deployment phase by: transmitting the software update to further selected media processing devices according to a secondary deployment rate exceeding the primary deployment rate.
