A method performed in a system having multiple navigable nodes
interconnected in a hierarchical arrangement involves receiving an input
containing at least one word identifiable with at least one keyword,
identifying at least one node, other than the first node, not directly
connected to the first node, but associated with the at least one
keyword, and jumping to the identified node. A transaction processing
system having a hierarchical arrangement of nodes and is configured for
user navigation among the nodes. The system has an inverted index
correlating keywords with at least some nodes in the arrangement so that
when the user provides an input in response to a verbal description and
the response includes a meaningful word correlatable with a keyword, the
system will identify at least one node correlated to the meaningful word
by the inverted index and jump to that node without first traversing any
other node.