Systems and methods implementing a communication protocol for data communication with a vehicle

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions configured to instruct a computing apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:

• communicating, by a computing apparatus via a data communication network, with a beacon device provided at a first location on a pathway for vehicles, wherein the computing apparatus includes at least one of:
• the beacon device and a computing device located at a second location remote from the first location, wherein the beacon device is configured to detect presence of a vehicle on the pathway;
• communicate with the vehicle on the pathway;
• and
• determine an identity of the vehicle on the pathway;
• determining, by the computing apparatus based on the identity of the vehicle, identification information of at least one mobile device carried in the vehicle;
• and
• establishing, by the computing apparatus, a communication connection between the computing device and the vehicle based at least in part on the identification information and the identity of the vehicle.

A system, comprising:

• a plurality of beacon devices configured at a plurality of locations, including a first beacon device configured at a first location on a pathway for vehicles, wherein each of the vehicles includes a transceiver to communicate with the beacons;
• and
• an infotainment system;
• and
• a computing device disposed at a second location remote from the first location and connected to the plurality of beacon devices via a data communication network;
• wherein the first beacon device is configured to detect presence of a first vehicle on the pathway and communicate with the transceiver of the first vehicle on the pathway to determine an identity of the first vehicle on the pathway;
• wherein, based on the identity of the first vehicle, the system determines, via the first beacon device communicating with the first vehicle, identification information of at least one mobile device carried in the first vehicle;
• and
• wherein the computing device establishes a communication link between the computing device and the first vehicle based at least in part on the identification information and the identity of the first vehicle.