Enhanced controls for sensory group timers

A computing system for controlling a group timer only displayed to a subset of participants of a meeting of a plurality of participants, the computing system comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to:
• generate a meeting object for managing permissions of the plurality of participants of the meeting, the meeting object further defining the start time of the meeting and an end time of the meeting, the meeting object defining permissions controlling communication of audio streams and video streams between the plurality of participants;
• receive a selection of the subset of participants for managing the group timer shared only within the subset of participants;
• configure the meeting object with permissions for controlling a display of the group timer, the permissions allowing the group timer to be displayed on the devices of the subset of participants, the permissions restricting the group timer from being displayed on the other devices of other participants that are not part of the subset of participants, the permissions allowing the devices of the subset of participants to maintain video and audio communication with the other devices of the other participants while the group timer is displayed on the devices of the subset of participants;
• and
• use the permissions of the meeting object to cause a display of a user interface comprising the rendering of the group timer on the devices of the subset of participants, the permissions restricting the user interface comprising the rendering of the group timer from being displayed on the other devices of the other participants that are not part of the subset of participants, wherein the permissions cause the system to maintain at least one of the video communication and the audio communication between the devices of the subset of participants and other devices of the other participants while the group timer is displayed only on the devices of the subset of participants.

A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions for controlling a group timer only displayed to a subset of participants of a meeting of a plurality of participants, the computer-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processing units of a computing system to:

• generate a meeting object for managing permissions of the plurality of participants of the meeting, the meeting object further defining the start time of the meeting and an end time of the meeting, the meeting object defining permissions controlling communication of audio streams and video streams between the plurality of participants;
• receive a selection of the subset of participants for managing the group timer shared only within the subset of participants;
• configure the meeting object with permissions for controlling a display of the group timer, the permissions allowing the group timer to be displayed on the devices of the subset of participants, the permissions restricting the group timer from being displayed on the other devices of other participants that are not part of the subset of participants, the permissions allowing the devices of the subset of participants to maintain video and audio communication with the other devices of the other participants while the group timer is displayed on the devices of the subset of participants;
• and
• use the permissions of the meeting object to cause a display of a user interface comprising the rendering of the group timer on the devices of the subset of participants, the permissions restricting the user interface comprising the rendering of the group timer from being displayed on the other devices of the other participants that are not part of the subset of participants, wherein the permissions cause the system to maintain at least one of the video communication and the audio communication between the devices of the subset of participants and other devices of the other participants while the group timer is displayed only on the devices of the subset of participants.