Patent ID: 8634694

Claim:
A video replay system for replaying video data on a computer that has output means including a display and input means, the system comprising: (a) storage means configured to store the video data; (b) video replay means configured to replay the video data by reading the stored video data out of the storage means and displaying the video data on the display; (c) detection means configured to monitor the input means for a predetermined viewing manner of a viewer of the replayed video data while the video data is being replayed, and to detect a viewer input rate parameter associated with a rate at which viewer input is received by the input means for the predetermined viewing manner of the viewer while the video data is being replayed and viewed by the viewer; and (d) automatic controlling means configured to automatically control, based upon a comparison between the viewer input rate parameter detected by the detection means and a predetermined reference threshold input rate of the predetermined viewing manner of a viewer of the replayed video data, a speed at which the video data is replayed by the video replay means independently of previous input from the viewer into the video replay system.