Method and system for making payment for a service at a service station

A computer-implemented method for making payment for a first service session at a service station initiated by a first user device, the method including, in one or more electronic processing devices:

• providing a service token to a second device, upon establishment of a second service session between a second user device and the service station, the service token comprising a first portion including request information for the second service session, and result information for the first service session;
• providing, from the second user device, the service token and payment or subscription information to a payment system via a communications network;
• processing, at the payment system, the service token and the payment or subscription information to determine an authorised payment amount;
• determining, at the payment system, if payment for the first service session has been completed;
• and
• processing, at the payment system, in response to determining that payment for the first service session has not been completed, a payment transaction for the first service session, or an update to the subscription information.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium embodying thereon a program of computer readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a payment system in communication with a plurality of user devices, cause the payment system to perform a method for making payment for a first service session initiated by a first user device at a service station, the method embodying the steps of:

• receiving a service token from a second user device, upon establishment of a second service session between a second user device and the service station, the service token comprising a first portion including request information for the second service session, and result information for the first service session;
• receiving, from the second user device, payment or subscription information to a payment system via a communications network;
• processing the service token and the payment or subscription information to determine an authorised payment amount;
• determining, if payment for the first service session has been completed;
• and
• processing, in response to determining that payment for the first service session has not been completed, a payment transaction for the first service session, or an update to the subscription information.