Patent ID: 7899307

Claim:
An instant replay system for determining player performance characteristics during a televised basketball game, said instant replay system comprising: a user interface; a viewing device for receiving a broadcast signal from a television station; a signal interface electrically coupled to said viewing device for segmenting said broadcast signal into a plurality of first signals; a processor electrically coupled to said signal interface and said user interface respectively; a graphical user interface electrically coupled to said processor; a display screen electrically coupled to said graphical user interface for displaying said player performance characteristics in a categorized format according to player data; and a memory electrically coupled directly to said processor, said memory including software instructions that causes said instant replay system to calculate: a quantity of force exerted on a basketball rim when a player slam dunks a basketball, a quantity of hang time a player achieves while jumping in air and shooting the basketball, a quantity and efficiency of passes made between two or more players on the basketball playing surface, an amount of arc a player puts on the basketball during shooting and passing procedures, and a player's leaping ability that is measured by a distance between a ground surface and a highest point of reference.