Systems and methods for providing viewer-related information on a display based upon wireless identification of a particular viewer

A method of providing access in a television viewing device to viewer-related programming associated with a particular viewer, the method comprising:

• receiving a wireless signal comprising a wireless identifier when the particular viewer is in proximity to the television viewing device;
• associating the wireless identifier with the particular viewer;
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• upon successfully associating the wireless identifier with the particular viewer, automatically providing access on the television viewing device to the viewer-related programming associated with the particular viewer, wherein the viewer-related programming comprises television content that was previously selected by the viewer.

A television receiver system for receiving and decoding television programming for presentation on a television, the television receiver system comprising:

• an RFID reader configured to broadcast a wireless RFID query and to receive a wireless signal comprising an RFID code when an RFID tag in the possession of a particular viewer is in proximity to the system;
• a television interface configured to be coupled to the television;
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• a controller configured to receive the RFID code from the RFID reader when the particular viewer is in proximity to the system and to associate the RFID code with the particular viewer, and, upon successfully associating the wireless identifier with the particular viewer, to automatically receive and present viewer-related programming previously selected by the particular viewer via the television interface.