Patent ID: 8234195

Claim:
A method for distributing a multiple choice quiz on a social network service, comprising: extracting, from a personal financial management application (PFMA) executing on a processor, a spending history of a user of the PFMA, wherein the spending history comprises a plurality of spending categories defined in the PFMA and a plurality of financial transactions performed by the user; receiving, from the user, a first selection of a spending category of the plurality of spending categories defined in the PFMA; receiving, from the user, a second selection of a question from a plurality of questions relating to the spending category; generating, based on the plurality of financial transactions within the spending category and using the processor, a plurality of response choices comprising an answer to the question; adding, to the multiple choice quiz describing a financial behavior of the user, the question and the plurality of response choices comprising the answer to the question, wherein the question is selected by the user; and distributing the multiple choice quiz to a plurality of contacts of the user in the social network service.