Patent ID: 8850466

Claim:
A system for determining a list of currently watching one or more viewers of a smart TV, which comprises at the smart TV: a) a mobile phone connection unit for detecting pre-registered telephones of potential viewers that are within a short range from the TV; b) a normal schedule unit for pre-recording for each potential viewer his normal schedule; c) a recent activity monitoring unit for recording recent viewers' activity within the smart TV; and d) a viewer determination unit for receiving data from said mobile phone connection unit, from said normal schedule unit, and from said recent activity unit, and for determining from said data a list of one or more currently watching viewers of the TV; wherein the pre-recording at the normal schedule unit comprises for each potential viewer times that he is expected to be at home, times that he expected to be away from home, and times that he is expected to be away from home, but leaving his mobile phone at home.