Patent ID: 7062225

Claim:
A pedometer system comprising: a pedometer housing component at least partially defining an enclosure; a Flash memory located within the enclosure and operable to store an MP3 file; a Bluetooth transceiver located within the enclosure and operable to receive a wireless communication from a motion sensor located outside the enclosure, wherein the wireless communication includes information about a step of a user; a Digital Signal Processor located within the enclosure and communicatively coupled to the Bluetooth transceiver, the Digital Signal Processor operable to utilize the information about the step to generate a performance metric; a performance output engine operable to provide the user with an indication of the performance metric, wherein the indication comprises an audible message; an MP3 player communicatively coupled to the Flash memory and operable to play the MP3 file to the user; and a speaker assembly operable to simultaneously output a song represented by the MP3 file and the audible message.