Method for locating a geolocation beacon

An entity for managing transmission of geographical locations from a geolocation beacon during movement thereof, a prepaid plan for an amount of data being allocated to the beacon for a given duration, wherein the entity comprises:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the entity to:
• define a first reference communication network associated with a first value representative of a financial cost of transmitting a location over the first reference communication network and of a reference frequency at which successive geographical locations are transmitted over the first reference communication network;
• locate the beacon in a second network during the movement of the beacon;
• store correspondences between codes and respective values;
• receive a code relating to the second network from a network access device with which the beacon communicates;
• obtain a second value that is representative of a financial cost of transmitting a location over the second network by retrieving from the stored correspondences the second value that corresponds to the received code;
• compare the first value and the second value;
• and
• in response to the second value being greater than or less than the first value, calculate a new reference frequency as a function of the financial cost over the second network and modify the reference frequency to the new reference frequency at which successive geographical locations are transmitted over the second network in order not to exceed said prepaid plan.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which at least one sequence of program code instructions for executing a method is stored, which when executed by a processor of a geolocation beacon configure the geolocation beacon to:

• manage transmission of geographical locations from the geolocation beacon during movement thereof, by:
• defining a first reference communication network associated with a first value representative of a financial cost of transmitting a location over the first reference communication network and with a reference frequency at which successive geographical locations are transmitted over the first reference communication network;
• locating the beacon in a second network during the movement of the beacon;
• storing correspondences between codes and respective values;
• receiving a code relating to the second network from a network access device with which the beacon communicates;
• obtaining a second value associated with the second network that is representative of a financial cost of transmitting a location over the second network by retrieving from the stored correspondences the second value that corresponds to the received code;
• and
• comparing the first and the second values, and in response to the second value being greater than or less than the first value, calculating a new reference frequency as a function of the financial cost over the second network and modifying the reference frequency to the new reference frequency at which successive geographical locations are transmitted over the second network in order not to exceed a prepaid plan for an amount of data allocated to the beacon for a given duration.