Methods and devices for providing internet access through a restricted device

A gateway device configured to provide Internet access to a client device seeking Internet access through the gateway device, the gateway device comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive at least one outgoing IP frame generated by the client device;
• a network application programming interface configured to create and control TCP or UDP connections;
• and
• a gateway platform configured to access the network application programming interface,
• determine a type of the at least one outgoing IP frame by detecting header information of the at least one outgoing IP frame,
• generate at least one invocation based on the header information, and
• forward the at least one invocation to particular, non-privileged portions of the network application programming interface.

A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to implement a method of providing Internet access to a client device connected to a gateway platform, the method comprising:

• accessing, at the gateway platform, a network application programming interface configured to create and control TCP or UDP connections of a gateway device, wherein the gateway device is configured to provide Internet access to a client device seeking Internet access through the gateway device;
• determining, by the gateway platform, a type of the at least one outgoing IP frame generated by the client device, by detecting header information of the at least one outgoing IP frame;
• generating, by the gateway platform, at least one invocation based on the header information;
• and
• forwarding, by the gateway platform, the at least one invocation to particular, non-privileged portions of the network application programming interface.