| 摘要 |
To notify a user of the status of an electronic appliance (120), a device (102) of an entertainment system (100) is sent a message (122) from the appliance (120) via a communication link. The message (122) indicates the status of the appliance (120), for example, in the case of a washing machine, that it has completed a wash cycle. In response to receiving the message (122) the first device (102) transmits data (108) indicating the status over a media content interface (110) to a selected input (112A) of a second device (104) for presentation to the user. The status information may be presented to the user on a display of the entertainment system (100), for example on a television receiver (606A). In addition to presenting status information, the system may gather and present power usage information (714). |
