Patent ID: 8529407

Claim:
A method in a device comprising: accessing an electronic calendar application stored in the device; storing a planned exercise entry in the electronic calendar, the planned exercise entry including a day, a start time and a duration; associating an exercise schedule with the planned exercise entry, the exercise schedule comprising an exercise type, the exercise type including at least one timed step, the at least one timed step having a planned pattern of intensity and a target heart rate range for an exercise type; storing a music playlist to be associated with each timed step of the planned exercise entry in a memory of the device, the music playlist including one or more songs associated with each of the timed steps, wherein each song of the music playlist associated with a timed step has a tempo corresponding to the target heart rate range for the timed step; accessing an exercise application in the device; identifying from the calendar application the planned exercise entry corresponding to a current date and time; determining that an exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time has started and; playing a song from the playlist that corresponds to the exercise associated with the planned exercise entry corresponding to the current date and time.