Patent ID: 8610659

Claim:
A method for use in a mobile electronic device for adjusting brightness of a display on the mobile electronic device, the method comprising: collecting a plurality of light sensor samples using an ambient light sensor of the mobile electronic device; calculating a representative value of the plurality of light sensor samples; comparing the representative value to at least one brightness threshold value; determining if a predetermined application is active on the mobile electronic device; adjusting the brightness of the display based on the comparison and based on whether it is determined that the predetermined application is active on the mobile electronic device by: when it is determined that the predetermined application is not active on the mobile electronic device, adjusting the brightness of the display to one of a plurality of lighting modes corresponding to an ambient environment indicated by the comparison, each one of the plurality of lighting modes specified for use in a different ambient environment; and when it is determined that the predetermined application is active on the mobile electronic device, overriding any adjustment based on the comparison and adjusting the brightness of the display to a lighting mode that is specified for use in each of the different ambient environments whenever the predetermined application is active on the mobile electronic device.