Hierarchical mapped database system for identifying searchable terms associated with data nodes

A database system comprising:

• a first data node including a first identifier and at least one first searchable term;
• a second data node including a second identifier and at least one second searchable term wherein the first identifier differs from second identifier;
• a hierarchical data map organizing a plurality of data nodes, including the first and second data nodes, into at least one hierarchy;
• a search engine communicatively coupled to the hierarchical data map and identifying at least one first data record encoded with the first identifier of the first data node in response to receiving a user-input search term corresponding to the first searchable term, the first data record also being encoded with the second identifier of the second data node, wherein the search engine retrieves the second searchable term;
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• a user interface receiving the second searchable term from the search engine and displaying the user-input search term, at least part of the first data record, and the second searchable term.

A database method comprising,

• providing a hierarchical data map having a plurality of data nodes organized in a plurality of hierarchies, wherein each of said plurality of data nodes has an associated unique identifier and at least one associated searchable term,
• providing a data storage system including a plurality of data records, wherein each of said data records is encoded with a plurality of said unique identifiers,
• identifying at least one first data record of the plurality of data records encoded with the unique identifier of a first one of the plurality of data nodes, in response to receiving a user-input search term, and
• identifying at least one searchable term associated with a second one of the plurality of data nodes whose unique identifier also encodes the first data record.

A database method comprising:

• providing a first data node including a first identifier and at least one first searchable term;
• providing a second data node including a second identifier and at least one second searchable term wherein the first identifier differs from the second identifier;
• providing a hierarchical data map organizing a plurality of data nodes, including the first and second data nodes, into at least one hierarchy;
• identifying at least one first data record encoded with the first identifier of the first data node in response to receiving a user-input search term corresponding to the first searchable term, the first data record also being encoded with the second identifier of the second data node;
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• displaying the user-input search term, at least part of the first data record, and the second searchable term.