Patent attributes
A method for providing an authentication-less access to an internet of things, IoT, platform. The method includes the following acts, performed by a gateway device after receiving a first data packet of a data stream from a first device: determining if the first data packet includes a connection criterion related the IoT platform; enabling the routing of data packets belonging to the data stream between the first device and the IoT platform if the first data packet includes the predetermined connection criterion; and forwarding the first data packet to an authentication portal in order to trigger an authentication procedure between the authentication portal and the first device if the first data packet does not include the predetermined connection criterion.