System to overlay application help on a mobile device

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.