Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that provides content related to a media asset based on occurrences in the media asset. For example, a media guidance application may determine that for a particular media asset (e.g., a recording of a baseball game) that the favorite team of the user lost. In response, because the user's favorite team lost, the media guidance application may retrieve and/or generate a video clip of highlights of the game and delete the original recording of the game.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting unauthorized use of a user equipment device are provided. An instruction is transmitted, using communications circuitry of a handheld device, to the user equipment device directing the user equipment device to display a unique identifier associated with the user equipment simultaneously with media content. An image of the media content and unique identifier simultaneously displayed on a display screen coupled to the user equipment device is captured using camera equipment of the handheld device. The image is automatically processed with the handheld device to extract the unique identifier from the image. The extracted unique identifier is cross-referenced, using the handheld device, with user account information associated with the user equipment device to determine whether use of the user equipment device is unauthorized.