System to overlay application help on a mobile device

摘要

A method, system, and computer program product for displaying help information on a mobile device is provided. The method can include receiving from a mobile device an image of a GUI for a computing application displayed in a separate computer. The method additionally can include determining from the image a subject portion of the computing application and retrieving help information from the computing application corresponding to the subject portion of the computing application. Finally, the method can include returning the help information to the mobile device for display in the mobile device.

主权项

1. A help information display system comprising:
a computer comprising at least one processor and memory; a computing application executing in the memory of the computer; a graphical user interface (GUI) provided by the computing application; and, an application help proxy module coupled to the computing application, the module comprising program code enabled when executing in the memory of the computer to poll a web service for requests for help in connection with the computing application, the requests comprising coordinates for a subject portion of the GUI captured in an image by a camera of a mobile device, to determine a subject portion of the computing application that corresponds to the coordinates, to collect help information associated with the subject portion of the computing application, and to return the collected help information to the web service for display in the mobile device.