CPC Class H04N

Systems and methods are described to enable replacement, in a packaged content stream, of a first encoded content stream with a second encoded content stream, without requiring decoding of the encoded content streams. A controller can receive a request to replace the first encoded content stream with the second encoded content stream at a specified location (e.g., a particular time). The controller can then instruct encoders associated with the respective content streams to insert a splice point frame into the respective content streams at the specified location, which splice point frame breaks inter frame dependency before and after the splice point frame. A packager can then replace the first encoded content stream with the second encoded content stream at the location of the splice point frame in the packaged content stream, without introducing errors into the packaged content stream as a result of broken inter frame dependency.

A computer network implemented system for providing an interactive online event is disclosed, the system comprising an online chat manager to provide an attendee interface for one or more attendees to participate in the interactive online event, and a leader interface for one or more leaders to participate in the interactive online event, a video stream subsystem to record at least a portion of a video stream of the one or more attendees or one or more leaders, an authentication subsystem to authenticate the identity of the one or more attendees or one or more leaders, wherein the system is operable to enable the one or more leaders to sign/dedicate an artifact for the one or more attendees.