Patent ID: 8225229

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, using one or more processors, a first area at which a user gazes on a display screen; identifying, using one or more processors, on the display screen, a screen region that does not overlap the first area, wherein the screen region includes a first portion and a second portion; determining a first distance between the first area and the first portion; determining a second distance between the first area and the second portion; assigning, based on the first distance, a first value to the first portion; assigning, based on second distance, a second value to the second portion, wherein the second value is different from the first value; determining, using one or more processors, a brightness level of the identified screen region that does not overlap the first area at which the user gazes on the display screen; darkening, using one or more processors, the first portion to a first brightness level based on the first value; and darkening, using the one or more processors, the second portion to a second brightness level based on the second value, wherein the second brightness level is different than the first brightness level.