Patent ID: 8487918

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for context-sensitive lighting control of a display, comprising: identifying an active application from among a plurality of applications on a computing device; determining an expiration time period based, at least in part, on characteristics of the active application, wherein the expiration time period is different from at least one other expiration time period that is associated with at least one other application from the plurality of applications; confirming that no change in activity occurs while the expiration time period is passing; reducing the lighting of a display upon the occurrence of the expiration time period; after reducing the lighting of the display, determining whether user input occurs in an additional time period; and determining a new expiration time period for the active application when the user input is received during the additional time period, the new expiration time period being determined based, at least in part, on a portion of the additional time period that had elapsed when the user input was received.