By your definitions, I think you have to assume everything from a FamilyPack to Maintenance Pack or higher is an "upgrade" since it could potentially change functionality and requires full regression testing ofthe affected modules.
Rollup patches, one-off's etc would just be considered patching.
As for your other questions:
1) There is no set schedule for Family/Maintenance packs. At least there has not been in the past, with the only exception being HR/Payroll since it is required every year. I don't know what the plan is for R12.For 11i, I really wouldn't expect many more Family Packs, and there's definitely no more Maintenance Packs. 11.5.10.2 is it.
2) In the case of Maintenance Packs, the entire thing has been extensively tested by Oracle as one unit. With random Family Packs, if you put two of them on your system, there's no guarantee that they have been extensively tested together. Individually they would have been through that testing.
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