Paving-related measuring device incorporating a computer device and communication element therebetween and associated method

A method of determining a property of a paving-related material, said method comprising:

• preparing a computer device to execute a software program product for directing a hand-portable measuring device to directly measure the property of the paving-related material local to the hand-portable measuring device, according to a parameter determined by the software program product, and to receive data comprising the measured property of the paving-related material from the hand-portable measuring device;
• executing the software program product;
• and
• communicating the executed software program product from the computer device to the hand-portable measuring device via a communication element operably engaged therebetween such that the hand-portable measuring device directly measures the property of the paving-related material in response thereto, the communication element comprising a wireless transceiver operably engaged with each of the hand-portable measuring device and the computer device, and the wireless transceivers being configured to be capable of communication therebetween, the communication element being configured to allow the computer device to be spaced apart from the hand-portable measuring device such that the computer device can be prepared, in spaced apart relation with respect to the hand-portable measuring device, to include the parameter and to manipulate the data.

A system adapted to cooperate with a hand-portable measuring device to selectively and directly measure a property of a paving-related material local to the hand-ortalrin device, said system comprising:

• a computer device capable of executing a software program product and communicating with the hand-portable measuring device, the computer device being configured to direct the hand-portable measuring device to directly measure the property of the paving-related material according to a parameter determined by the software program product, and to receive data comprising the measured property of the paving-related material from the hand-portable single-location, measuring device;
• and
• a communication element operably engaged between the hand-portable measuring device and the computer device so as to allow communication therebetween, the communication element comprising a wireless transceiver operably engaged with each of the hand-portable measuring device and the computer device, and the wireless transceivers being configured to be capable of communication therebetween, the hand-portable measuring device directly measuring the property of the paving-related material in response to the direction of the computer device via the communication element, the communication element being configured to allow the computer device to be spaced apart from the hand-portable measuring device, thereby allowing the computer device to be prepared, to include the parameter and to manipulate the data, in spaced apart relation with respect to the hand-portable measuring device.