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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Daniel G. Farley, Westminster, MA (US);
Matthew Farley, Gardner, MA (US);
Daniel G. Farley, Westminster, MA (US);
Matthew Farley, Gardner, MA (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to a system and method for providing emergency override of informational displays in an emergency notification system. An embodiment may include an emergency detection module coupled to a display override module. The display override module may be coupled to a third-party display driver. When an emergency condition is detected, the emergency detection module may use the display override module to override any display messages from the third-party display module in order to display an emergency display message. In an embodiment, the display override module may be a switch box. In another embodiment, the display override module may be a RSS feed subscribed to by the third-party display driver. Other embodiments are described and claimed.