Patent ID: 7521623

Claim:
A method of playing music with a hand-held media player having at least a user interface arranged to receive a tactile input event applied by a user, wherein a plurality of audio tracks with different original tempos are stored on the hand-held media player, comprising: receiving an indication of a range of tempos from a slow tempo to a fast tempo from the user, wherein the user specifies the range of tempos by applying a corresponding tactile input event directly at the user interface; adjusting the original tempos of the plurality of audio tracks based on a tempo of an event associated with the user, wherein the original tempo of the plurality of audio tracks is increased if the tempo of the event associated with the user is less than the slow tempo and wherein the original tempo of the plurality of audio tracks is decreased if the tempo of the event associated with the user if greater than the fast tempo; and playing the plurality of audio tracks at the adjusted tempo.