Abstract: A method of retrieving information relating to an entity, the method including, in at least one electronic processing device, performing a search by: determining a respective search template for the entity, the search template being indicative of a sequence of query instructions; performing a sequence of queries in accordance with the sequence of query instructions of the respective search template, each query being a query of a data source performed in accordance with a respective query instruction and being performed at least in part using at least one of: an identity of the respective entity; and, a result of a previous query performed in accordance with a previous query instruction in the sequence of query instructions; determining a result for at least some of the sequence of queries; and, determining information relating to the entity using the results.

Abstract: A method of displaying information relating to one or more entities, the method including, in an electronic processing device, generating a network representation, the representation including a number of nodes, each node being indicative of a corresponding entity, and a number of connections between nodes, the connections being indicative of relationships between the entities. The method further includes causing the network representation to be displayed to a user, in response to user input commands, determining at least one user selected node corresponding to a user selected entity, determining at least one search to be performed in respective of the corresponding entity associated with the at least one user selected node, performing the at least one search to thereby determine additional information regarding the entity and causing any additional information to be presented to the user.