Patent ID: 9176727
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An article of comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the code when executed by one or more processors configures a computer to execute a method for determining whether or not a tool for deploying a software patch should be invoked, the method comprising: receiving historical information regarding patch deployment over a first pre-determined amount of time; using the historical information regarding patch deployment to determine a first patch deployment index, said index characterizing patch deployment as a number of patches deployed per unit time; receiving historical information regarding patch deployment over a second pre-determined amount of time; using the historical information regarding patch deployment of the second pre-determined amount of time to determine a second patch deployment index, said second index characterizing patch deployment as a number of patches deployed per unit time; when the second index is greater than the first index by a pre-determined threshold, invoking the tool.